new_item() creates a new item from name and description, and returns a pointer to the new item.

free_item() frees the storage allocated for item. Once an item is freed, the user can no longer connect it to a menu.

new_item() returns NULL on error.

free_item() returns one of the following:

E_OK

The routine returned successfully.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error.

E_BAD_ARGUMENT

An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.

E_CONNECTED

One or more items are already connected to another menu.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)

The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.