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<h2 id="_initializing">Initializing</h2>
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<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1"><code>init_tree_desc</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>Initialize a <code>tree_desc</code> and decode its first entry. The buffer and
size parameters are assumed to be the same as the buffer and size
members of <code>struct tree</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><code>fill_tree_descriptor</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>Initialize a <code>tree_desc</code> and decode its first entry given the
object ID o