From df76edc97a9f5f1dfc896818098c6aad8c98b699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: epochryphon <epochryphon@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 22:04:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] implemention for create/initialize vectors

---
 .../.marigold_vector.c.kate-swp               | Bin 460 -> 0 bytes
 .../internal/internal_marigold_vector.c       |  62 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../internal/internal_marigold_vector.h       |   8 ++-
 .../MODULE_marigold_vector/marigold_vector.c  |  22 ++++++-
 4 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/.marigold_vector.c.kate-swp

diff --git a/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/.marigold_vector.c.kate-swp b/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/.marigold_vector.c.kate-swp
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diff --git a/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.c b/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.c
index e69de29..c3c8b77 100644
--- a/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.c
+++ b/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#include "internal_marigold_vector.h"
+
+vector_struct*
+vector_initialize(vector_struct* new_vector,
+                  size_t item_size,
+                  size_t starting_capacity,
+                  vector_growth_rate_enum growth_rate,
+                  int (*comparator)(const void*, const void*),
+                  void (*item_free)(const void *),
+                  bool is_multithread_safe)
+{
+        new_vector->item_size = item_size;
+        new_vector->current_capacity = starting_capacity;
+        new_vector->current_occupancy = 0;
+        new_vector->comparator = comparator;
+        new_vector->item_free = item_free;
+        new_vector->growth_strategy = (uint8_t)growth_rate;
+        new_vector->owner_count = 1;
+
+        if (is_multithread_safe)
+        {
+                new_vector->flags |= vector_multithread_safe;
+        }
+
+#ifdef MARIGOLD_DEBUG
+        new_vector->debug_flags = 0;
+        new_vector->debug_resize_count = 0;
+        new_vector->debug_function_call_count = 0;
+        new_vector->debug_last_error_code = 0;
+        new_vector->debug_allocation_failures = 0;
+#endif
+
+        if (starting_capacity > 0)
+        {
+                new_vector->data_pointer = calloc(starting_capacity, item_size);
+                if (!new_vector->data_pointer)
+                {
+                        return NULL;
+                }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+                new_vector->data_pointer = NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (is_multithread_safe)
+        {
+                new_vector->mutex_lock = calloc(1, sizeof(pthread_mutex_t));
+                if (!new_vector->mutex_lock)
+                {
+                        free(new_vector->data_pointer);
+                        return NULL;
+                }
+                pthread_mutex_init(new_vector->mutex_lock, NULL);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+                new_vector->mutex_lock = NULL;
+        }
+
+        return new_vector;
+}
diff --git a/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.h b/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.h
index cb1df91..4f5678f 100644
--- a/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.h
+++ b/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/internal/internal_marigold_vector.h
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ vector_struct
 vector_struct;
 
 vector_struct*
-vector_initialize();
+vector_initialize(vector_struct* new_vector,
+                  size_t item_size,
+                  size_t starting_capacity,
+                  vector_growth_rate_enum growth_rate,
+                  int (*comparator)(const void*, const void*),
+                  void (*item_free)(const void *),
+                  bool is_multithread_safe);
 
 void
 vector_free_members();
diff --git a/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/marigold_vector.c b/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/marigold_vector.c
index cf70100..a8ff784 100644
--- a/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/marigold_vector.c
+++ b/source_code/MODULE_marigold_vector/marigold_vector.c
@@ -11,8 +11,20 @@ vector_create(size_t item_size,
               void (*item_free)(const void *),
               bool is_multithread_safe)
 {
-        // allocate memory/mutex etc
-        return vector_initialize(); // actually set all internal values accordingly.
+        vector_struct* new_vector = calloc(1, sizeof(vector_struct));
+
+        if (!new_vector)
+        {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        return vector_initialize(new_vector,
+                                 item_size,
+                                 starting_capacity,
+                                 growth_rate,
+                                 comparator,
+                                 item_free,
+                                 is_multithread_safe);
 }
 
 bool
@@ -125,6 +137,12 @@ vector_insert_at(vector_struct* vector,
                  size_t index,
                  const void* element)
 {
+        const bool is_thread_safe = vector_is_thread_safe(vector);
+        if (is_thread_safe)
+        { /* if thread safe enabled, locking before vector modification. */
+                pthread_mutex_lock(vector->mutex_lock);
+        }
+
 
 }