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CONTRIBUTING.md: update construction/destruction functions' description
wlroots doesn't really follow the rule of keeping `create`/`destroy` and `init`/`finish` functions in pairs, so the relevant doc section is updated accordingly.
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### Construction/Destruction Functions
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### Construction/Destruction Functions
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For functions that are responsible for constructing and destructing an object,
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Functions that are responsible for constructing objects should take one of the
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they should be written as a pair of one of two forms:
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two following forms:
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* `init`/`finish`: These initialize/deinitialize a type, but are **NOT**
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responsible for allocating it. They should accept a pointer to some
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pre-allocated memory (e.g. a member of a struct).
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* `create`/`destroy`: These also initialize/deinitialize, but will return a
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pointer to a `malloc`ed chunk of memory, and will `free` it in `destroy`.
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A destruction function should always be able to accept a NULL pointer or a
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* `init`: for functions which accept a pointer to a pre-allocated object (e.g.
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zeroed value and exit cleanly; this simplifies error handling a lot.
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a member of a struct) and initialize it.
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* `create`: for functions which allocate the memory for an object, initialize
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it, and return a pointer.
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Likewise, functions that are responsible for destructing objects should take
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one of the two following forms:
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* `finish`: for functions which accept a pointer to an object and deinitialize
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it. Such functions should always be able to accept an already deinitialized
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object.
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* `destroy`: for functions which accept a pointer to an object, deinitialize
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it, and free the memory. Such functions should always be able to accept a NULL
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pointer.
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### Error Codes
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### Error Codes
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