# Annotation Glossary

### E

element-type

  Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays.

### 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 floating

  Alias for transfer none, used for objects with floating refs.

transfer full

  Free data after the code is done.

transfer none

  Don't free data after the code is done.