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.TH SP_EQUAL_GROUP_IDS 3 "JULY 1998" SPREAD "User Manuals"
.SH NAME
SP_equal_group_ids \- checks amount of data ready to be read
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <sp.h>
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.BI "int SP_equal_group_ids( group_id " g1 ", group_id " g2 );
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B SP_equal_group_ids
allows an application to determine if two specific instantiations of
a group are identical. This is not just if the memberships are identical, but rather
whether the two group ids represent the exact same group membership view at the same 
point in time in the history of the group.
.B SP_equal_group_ids
returns true (i.e. not 0) if the two group ids passed to it are equal. 
It returns false if they are not equal.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
Returns true (not 0 ) if they are equal and false if they are different.
.SH BUGS
None.
.SH AUTHOR
Yair Amir <yairamir@cnds.jhu.edu>
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Jonathan Stanton <jonathan@cnds.jhu.edu>
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Commedia Project <commedia@cnds.jhu.edu>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libsp (3)