# Annotation Glossary

### A

allow-none

  NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning.

### E

element-type

  Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays.

### I

inout

  Parameter for input and for returning results. Default is transfer full.

### N

nullable

  NULL may be passed as the value in, out, in-out; or as a return value.

### O

optional

  NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location.

out

  Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full.

### S

skip

  Exposed in C code, not necessarily available in other languages.

### T

transfer container

  Free data container after the code is done.

transfer full

  Free data after the code is done.

transfer none

  Don't free data after the code is done.