New function list_replace(), to replace a list element in-place.

diff --git a/include/list.h b/include/list.h
index 09b609898fd94416fc5a272eb2cf27dd23a2fdaa..72720111ec6d8c0f3f6218d69d4d8651cbdf9179 100644 (file)
--- a/include/list.h
+++ b/include/list.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ void list_insert(struct list *, struct list *);
 void list_splice(struct list *before, struct list *first, struct list *last);
 void list_push_front(struct list *, struct list *);
 void list_push_back(struct list *, struct list *);
+void list_replace(struct list *, const struct list *);
 
 /* List removal. */
 struct list *list_remove(struct list *);

diff --git a/lib/list.c b/lib/list.c
index 379e8f8a372efd9c8e5073f24d0755bb47110fd8..a05778d19f3161b2e5180fad342e375459aa5732 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/list.c
+++ b/lib/list.c
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ list_push_back(struct list *list, struct list *elem)
   list_insert(list, elem);
 }
 
+/* Puts 'elem' in the position currently occupied by 'position'.
+ * Afterward, 'position' is not part of a list. */
+void
+list_replace(struct list *element, const struct list *position)
+{
+    element->next = position->next;
+    element->next->prev = element;
+    element->prev = position->prev;
+    element->prev->next = element;
+}
+
 /* Removes 'elem' from its list and returns the element that followed it.
    Undefined behavior if 'elem' is not in a list. */
 struct list *