#define BSON_APPEND_UNDEFINED(b, key) \
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1.30.4 Jun 08, 2025 BSON_APPEND_UNDEFINED(3)
Description
The bson_append_undefined() function shall append a new element to bson of type BSON_TYPE_UNDEFINED.
Undefined is common in Javascript. However, this element type is deprecated and should not be used in new
code.
Parameters
• bson: A bson_t.
• key: An ASCII C string containing the name of the field.
• key_length: The length of key in bytes, or -1 to determine the length with strlen().
Returns
Returns true if the operation was applied successfully. The function will fail if appending the value
grows bson larger than INT32_MAX.
Synopsis
#define BSON_APPEND_UNDEFINED(b, key) \
bson_append_undefined (b, key, (int) strlen (key))
bool
bson_append_undefined (bson_t *bson, const char *key, int key_length);
