## Miscellaneous Utility Functions Miscellaneous Utility Functions — Various utility functions |

## Functions

void | exo_noop ()
gint | exo_noop_one ()
gint | exo_noop_zero ()
gpointer | exo_noop_null ()
gboolean | exo_noop_true ()
gboolean | exo_noop_false ()

## Includes

    #include <exo/exo.h>

## Description

This module contains various utility functions that extend the basic utility functions provided by the GLib library.

## Functions

### exo_noop ()

    void
    exo_noop (void);

`exo_noop` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

xfce 4.18: Use NULL pointer instead

This function has no effect. It does nothing but returning instantly. It is mostly useful in situations that require a function to be called, but that function does not need to do anything useful.

Since: 0.3.1

### exo_noop_one ()

    gint
    exo_noop_one (void);

`exo_noop_one` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

xfce 4.18: Use NULL pointer instead

This function has no effect but simply returns the integer value `1`. It is mostly useful in situations where you just need a function that returns `1`, but don't want to perform any other actions.

#### Returns

the integer value `1`.

Since: 0.3.1

### exo_noop_zero ()

    gint
    exo_noop_zero (void);

`exo_noop_zero` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

xfce 4.18: Use NULL pointer instead

This function has no effect but simply returns the integer value `0`. It is mostly useful in situations where you just need a function that returns `0`, but don't want to perform any other actions.

#### Returns

the integer value `0`.

Since: 0.3.1

### exo_noop_null ()

    gpointer
    exo_noop_null (void);

`exo_noop_null` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

xfce 4.18: Use NULL pointer instead

This function has no effect but simply returns a `NULL` pointer. It is mostly useful in situations where you just need a function that returns `NULL`, but don't want to perform any other actions.

#### Returns

a `NULL` pointer.

Since: 0.3.1

### exo_noop_true ()

    gboolean
    exo_noop_true (void);

`exo_noop_true` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

xfce 4.18: Use NULL pointer instead

This function has no effect, but simply returns the boolean value `TRUE`. It is mostly useful in situations where you just need a function that returns `TRUE`, but don't want to perform any other actions.

#### Returns

the boolean value `TRUE`.

Since: 0.3.1

### exo_noop_false ()

    gboolean
    exo_noop_false (void);

`exo_noop_false` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

xfce 4.18: Use NULL pointer instead

This function has no effect, but simply returns the boolean value `FALSE`. It is mostly useful in situations where you just need a function that returns `FALSE`, but don't want to perform any other actions.

#### Returns

the boolean value `FALSE`.

Since: 0.3.1

## See Also

GLib Atomic Operations