struct comp *fmt_findcomp(char *component);
/*
+ * Search for a component structure in the component hash table.
+ *
+ * Identical to fmd_findcomp(), but is case-INSENSITIVE.
+ */
+
+struct comp *fmt_findcasecomp(char *component);
+
+/*
+ * Add a component entry to the component hash table
+ *
+ * component - The name of the component to add to the hash table.
+ *
+ * If the component is already in the hash table, this function will do
+ * nothing. Returns 1 if a component was added, 0 if it already existed.
+ */
+
+int fmt_addcompentry(char *component);
+
+/*
* Add a string to a component hash table entry. Arguments are:
*
* component - The name of the component to add text to. The component
*
* This function is designed to be called when you start processing a new
* component. The function returns the integer value of the hash table
- * bucket corresponding to this component.
+ * bucket corresponding to this component. If there was no entry found
+ * in the component hash table, this function will return -1.
*/
-int fmt_addcomp(char *component, char *text);
+int fmt_addcomptext(char *component, char *text);
/*
* Append to an existing component. Arguments are:
*
* bucket - The hash table bucket corresponding to this component,
- * as returned by fmt_addcomp().
+ * as returned by fmt_addcomp(). If -1, this function will
+ * return with no actions performed.
* component - The component to append text to. Like fmt_addcomp, the
* component is searched case-INSENSITIVELY.
* text - The text to append to the component. No special processing