chore: added some comments

src/main.cpp

@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 
 #define ENV(var, env_var)                                                      \
-  const char* _##var = getenv(env_var);                                           \
+  const char *_##var = getenv(env_var);                                        \
-  if (_##var == NULL) {                                                           \
+  if (_##var == NULL) {                                                        \
     printf("Missing environment variable %s.\n", env_var);                     \
     return 1;                                                                  \
-  } \
+  }                                                                            \
   const std::string var = std::string(_##var);
 
 #define AUTH()                                                                 \
   std::string provided_api_key = req.get_header_value("X-Api-Key");            \
-  if (api_key.compare(provided_api_key) != 0) {                        \
+  if (api_key.compare(provided_api_key) != 0) {                                \
     return crow::response(crow::status::UNAUTHORIZED);                         \
   }
 
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ int main() {
 
   std::string file_path = "lander.data";
 
-  std::cout << "Populating trie from file '" << file_path << "'..." << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "Populating trie from file '" << file_path << "'..."
+            << std::endl;
 
   int count = ternarytrie_populate(trie, file_path.c_str());
 
@@ -75,8 +76,7 @@ int main() {
       });
   CROW_ROUTE(app, "/<string>")
       .methods(crow::HTTPMethod::Post)(
-          [api_key, base_url, trie](const crow::request &req,
+          [api_key, base_url, trie](const crow::request &req, std::string s) {
-                                                  std::string s) {
             AUTH();
 
             std::string key = req.body;

tries/include/ternarytrie.h

@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ typedef struct ttrie TernaryTrie;
  */
 TernaryTrie* ternarytrie_init();
 
+/**
+ * Populate trie with entries stored in the given file.
+ *
+ * @param trie
+ * @param file_path path to file containing entries
+ * @return amount of entries added; -1 if an error occured
+ */
 int ternarytrie_populate(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* file_path);
 
 /**
@@ -43,24 +50,26 @@ void ternarytrie_free(TernaryTrie* trie);
  * Search whether a string is contained in this trie.
  *
  * @param trie
- * @param string
+ * @param key
- * @return true if the string is contained within this trie, false otherwise
+ * @return pointer to payload string; NULL if not found
  */
-char * ternarytrie_search(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* string);
+char * ternarytrie_search(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* key);
 
 /**
  * Add a string to this trie.
  *
  * @param trie
- * @param string
+ * @param key
+ * @param payload payload to add
  * @return true if the trie was changed by this operation, false if it was already present
  */
-bool ternarytrie_add(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* string, const char *payload);
+bool ternarytrie_add(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* key, const char *payload);
 
 /**
  * Add a payload by generating a random string as the key.
  *
  * @param trie
+ * @param payload payload to add
  * @return the generated key
  */
 char *ternarytrie_add_random(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *payload);
@@ -72,10 +81,10 @@ char *ternarytrie_add_random(TernaryTrie *trie, const char *payload);
  * Removing the string from the trie should not free the string's memory.
  *
  * @param trie
- * @param string
+ * @param key
  * @return true if the string was present and has been removed, false if it was not present
  */
-bool ternarytrie_remove(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* string);
+bool ternarytrie_remove(TernaryTrie* trie, const char* key);
 
 /**
  * Returns the number of strings in this trie.