--- psiconv/trunk/lib/psiconv/parse.h	2000/12/13 16:17:54	62
+++ psiconv/trunk/lib/psiconv/parse.h	2000/12/22 22:31:50	71
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     parse.h - Part of psiconv, a PSION 5 file formats converter
-    Copyright (c) 1999  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
+    Copyright (c) 1999, 2000  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,16 +27,23 @@
 #include <psiconv/error.h>
 #include <psiconv/list.h>
 #include <psiconv/general.h>
+#include <psiconv/common.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 
-typedef psiconv_list psiconv_buffer; /* of u8 */
-
 extern psiconv_file_type_t psiconv_file_type(psiconv_buffer buf,
                                              int *length,
                                              psiconv_header_section *result);
+
+/* Parses a Psion file. If its return-value is non-zero, something has
+   gone horribly wrong (badly corrupted file, or out of memory, usually),
+   and *result is undefined and unallocated; in normal cases, memory is
+   allocated to it and it is up to you to free it (using psiconv_free_file;
+   this is valid even if (*result)->file equals NULL).
+   Note that (*result)->file may be NULL if this file type is unknown
+   or unsupported!  */
 extern int psiconv_parse(const psiconv_buffer buf,psiconv_file *result);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus