From 51e9a11a1f62fb8bc8a0dc3f8015d98f7b2b8778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danila Fedorin <danila.fedorin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:59:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add utility function to store a value into a table.

---
 include/util.h |  9 +++++++++
 src/util.c     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
index c8f7d87..a9a1aed 100644
--- a/include/util.h
+++ b/include/util.h
@@ -88,5 +88,14 @@ libab_result libab_create_value(libab_ref* into, void* data, libab_ref* type);
  * @return the result of the allocations.
  */
 libab_result libab_create_function_list(libab_ref* into, libab_ref* type);
+/**
+ * Creates a new table entry that holds the given value.
+ * @param table the table to store the entry into.
+ * @param key the key under which to store the value.
+ * @param value the value to store into the table.
+ * @param result the result of the operation.
+ */
+libab_result libab_put_table_value(libab_table* table, 
+                                      const char* key, libab_ref* value);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 970b8ff..b0e6897 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -200,3 +200,25 @@ libab_result libab_create_function_list(libab_ref* into, libab_ref* type) {
 
     return result;
 }
+
+libab_result libab_put_table_value(libab_table* table, 
+                                      const char* key, libab_ref* value) {
+    libab_table_entry* entry;
+    libab_result result = LIBAB_SUCCESS;
+    if((entry = malloc(sizeof(*entry)))) {
+        entry->variant = ENTRY_VALUE;
+        libab_ref_copy(value, &entry->data_u.value);
+    } else {
+        result = LIBAB_MALLOC;
+    }
+
+    if(result == LIBAB_SUCCESS) {
+        result = libab_table_put(table, key, entry);
+        if(result != LIBAB_SUCCESS) {
+            libab_ref_free(&entry->data_u.value);
+            free(entry);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}