Re: "LDAP * ld" in ldap_x_attribute

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 05:40 AM 2002-06-07, samuel.osouf wrote:
>Could anyone explain why ldap_xxx_attribute()
>[and others] functions need an LDAP structure
>parameter ?

Because, generally, the routine needs access to
parameters of the LDAP session.  In some cases,
it may be only required for symmetry.

>i planned to implement an ldap_client() function
>that would return entries, use it in a main()
>function, and then in main() write entries' 
>attributes,
>but this doesn't seem right, as 
>ldap_first/next_attribute()
>seem to need info about the LDAP session...
>
>Thanks for help
>
>Sam
>
>
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