lowercase hexadecimal digits and be terminated by a
<constant>NUL</constant> byte.</para>
- <para><function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> implements the
- reverse operation: it takes a 33 character string with 32
- hexadecimal digits (either lowercase or uppercase, terminated by
- <constant>NUL</constant>) and parses them back into a 128-bit ID
- returned in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Alternatively, this call
- can also parse a 37-character string with a 128-bit ID formatted
- as RFC UUID.</para>
+ <para><function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> implements the reverse operation: it takes a 33 character string
+ with 32 hexadecimal digits (either lowercase or uppercase, terminated by <constant>NUL</constant>) and parses them
+ back into a 128-bit ID returned in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Alternatively, this call can also parse a
+ 37-character string with a 128-bit ID formatted as RFC UUID. If <parameter>ret</parameter> is passed as NULL the
+ function will validate the passed ID string, but not actually return it in parsed form.</para>
<para>For more information about the <literal>sd_id128_t</literal>
type see