[libgpiod,05/14] core: drop line iterators

diff --git a/bindings/cxx/gpiod.hpp b/bindings/cxx/gpiod.hpp
index 8c8e6c9..0f1d9b2 100644
--- a/bindings/cxx/gpiod.hpp
+++ b/bindings/cxx/gpiod.hpp
@@ -1083,7 +1083,6 @@  public:
 
 private:
 
-	::std::shared_ptr<::gpiod_line_iter> _m_iter;
 	line _m_current;
 };
 
diff --git a/bindings/cxx/iter.cpp b/bindings/cxx/iter.cpp
index 7985910..15c3925 100644
--- a/bindings/cxx/iter.cpp
+++ b/bindings/cxx/iter.cpp
@@ -17,23 +17,6 @@  void chip_iter_deleter(::gpiod_chip_iter* iter)
 	::gpiod_chip_iter_free_noclose(iter);
 }
 
-void line_iter_deleter(::gpiod_line_iter* iter)
-{
-	::gpiod_line_iter_free(iter);
-}
-
-::gpiod_line_iter* make_line_iter(::gpiod_chip* chip)
-{
-	::gpiod_line_iter* iter;
-
-	iter = ::gpiod_line_iter_new(chip);
-	if (!iter)
-		throw ::std::system_error(errno, ::std::system_category(),
-					  "error creating GPIO line iterator");
-
-	return iter;
-}
-
 } /* namespace */
 
 chip_iter make_chip_iter(void)
@@ -105,17 +88,20 @@  line_iter end(const line_iter&) noexcept
 }
 
 line_iter::line_iter(const chip& owner)
-	: _m_iter(make_line_iter(owner._m_chip.get()), line_iter_deleter),
-	  _m_current(line(::gpiod_line_iter_next(this->_m_iter.get()), owner))
+	: _m_current(owner.get_line(0))
 {
 
 }
 
 line_iter& line_iter::operator++(void)
 {
-	::gpiod_line* next = ::gpiod_line_iter_next(this->_m_iter.get());
+	unsigned int offset = this->_m_current.offset() + 1;
+	chip owner = this->_m_current.get_chip();
 
-	this->_m_current = next ? line(next, this->_m_current._m_owner) : line();
+	if (offset == owner.num_lines())
+		this->_m_current = line(); /* Last element */
+	else
+		this->_m_current = owner.get_line(offset);
 
 	return *this;
 }
diff --git a/bindings/python/gpiodmodule.c b/bindings/python/gpiodmodule.c
index b9b5770..11d1407 100644
--- a/bindings/python/gpiodmodule.c
+++ b/bindings/python/gpiodmodule.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@  typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct {
 	PyObject_HEAD
-	struct gpiod_line_iter *iter;
+	unsigned int offset;
 	gpiod_ChipObject *owner;
 } gpiod_LineIterObject;
 
@@ -2621,14 +2621,7 @@  static int gpiod_LineIter_init(gpiod_LineIterObject *self,
 	if (gpiod_ChipIsClosed(chip_obj))
 		return -1;
 
-	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS;
-	self->iter = gpiod_line_iter_new(chip_obj->chip);
-	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS;
-	if (!self->iter) {
-		PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
+	self->offset = 0;
 	self->owner = chip_obj;
 	Py_INCREF(chip_obj);
 
@@ -2637,9 +2630,6 @@  static int gpiod_LineIter_init(gpiod_LineIterObject *self,
 
 static void gpiod_LineIter_dealloc(gpiod_LineIterObject *self)
 {
-	if (self->iter)
-		gpiod_line_iter_free(self->iter);
-
 	PyObject_Del(self);
 }
 
@@ -2647,10 +2637,13 @@  static gpiod_LineObject *gpiod_LineIter_next(gpiod_LineIterObject *self)
 {
 	struct gpiod_line *line;
 
-	line = gpiod_line_iter_next(self->iter);
-	if (!line)
+	if (self->offset == gpiod_chip_num_lines(self->owner->chip))
 		return NULL; /* Last element. */
 
+	line = gpiod_chip_get_line(self->owner->chip, self->offset++);
+	if (!line)
+		return (gpiod_LineObject *)PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
+
 	return gpiod_MakeLineObject(self->owner, line);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/gpiod.h b/include/gpiod.h
index 9ffb446..b5965ed 100644
--- a/include/gpiod.h
+++ b/include/gpiod.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@  extern "C" {
 struct gpiod_chip;
 struct gpiod_line;
 struct gpiod_chip_iter;
-struct gpiod_line_iter;
 struct gpiod_line_bulk;
 
 /**
@@ -1202,41 +1201,6 @@  gpiod_chip_iter_next_noclose(struct gpiod_chip_iter *iter) GPIOD_API;
 	     (chip);							\
 	     (chip) = gpiod_chip_iter_next_noclose(iter))
 
-/**
- * @brief Create a new line iterator.
- * @param chip Active gpiochip handle over the lines of which we want
- *             to iterate.
- * @return New line iterator or NULL if an error occurred.
- */
-struct gpiod_line_iter *
-gpiod_line_iter_new(struct gpiod_chip *chip) GPIOD_API;
-
-/**
- * @brief Free all resources associated with a GPIO line iterator.
- * @param iter Line iterator object.
- */
-void gpiod_line_iter_free(struct gpiod_line_iter *iter) GPIOD_API;
-
-/**
- * @brief Get the next GPIO line handle.
- * @param iter The GPIO line iterator object.
- * @return Pointer to the next GPIO line handle or NULL if there are no more
- *         lines left.
- */
-struct gpiod_line *
-gpiod_line_iter_next(struct gpiod_line_iter *iter) GPIOD_API;
-
-/**
- * @brief Iterate over all GPIO lines of a single chip.
- * @param iter An initialized GPIO line iterator.
- * @param line Pointer to a GPIO line handle - on each iteration, the
- *             next GPIO line will be assigned to this argument.
- */
-#define gpiod_foreach_line(iter, line)					\
-	for ((line) = gpiod_line_iter_next(iter);			\
-	     (line);							\
-	     (line) = gpiod_line_iter_next(iter))
-
 /**
  * @}
  *
diff --git a/lib/helpers.c b/lib/helpers.c
index a343f71..3b7428b 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.c
+++ b/lib/helpers.c
@@ -124,24 +124,23 @@  gpiod_chip_get_lines(struct gpiod_chip *chip,
 
 struct gpiod_line_bulk *gpiod_chip_get_all_lines(struct gpiod_chip *chip)
 {
-	struct gpiod_line_iter *iter;
 	struct gpiod_line_bulk *bulk;
 	struct gpiod_line *line;
+	unsigned int offset;
 
 	bulk = gpiod_line_bulk_new(gpiod_chip_num_lines(chip));
 	if (!bulk)
 		return NULL;
 
-	iter = gpiod_line_iter_new(chip);
-	if (!iter) {
-		gpiod_line_bulk_free(bulk);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	for (offset = 0; offset < gpiod_chip_num_lines(chip); offset++) {
+		line = gpiod_chip_get_line(chip, offset);
+		if (!line) {
+			gpiod_line_bulk_free(bulk);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 
-	gpiod_foreach_line(iter, line)
 		gpiod_line_bulk_add_line(bulk, line);
-
-	gpiod_line_iter_free(iter);
+	}
 
 	return bulk;
 }
@@ -149,24 +148,21 @@  struct gpiod_line_bulk *gpiod_chip_get_all_lines(struct gpiod_chip *chip)
 struct gpiod_line *
 gpiod_chip_find_line(struct gpiod_chip *chip, const char *name)
 {
-	struct gpiod_line_iter *iter;
 	struct gpiod_line *line;
+	unsigned int offset;
 	const char *tmp;
 
-	iter = gpiod_line_iter_new(chip);
-	if (!iter)
-		return NULL;
+	for (offset = 0; offset < gpiod_chip_num_lines(chip); offset++) {
+		line = gpiod_chip_get_line(chip, offset);
+		if (!line)
+			return NULL;
 
-	gpiod_foreach_line(iter, line) {
 		tmp = gpiod_line_name(line);
-		if (tmp && strcmp(tmp, name) == 0) {
-			gpiod_line_iter_free(iter);
+		if (tmp && strcmp(tmp, name) == 0)
 			return line;
-		}
 	}
 
 	errno = ENOENT;
-	gpiod_line_iter_free(iter);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/lib/iter.c b/lib/iter.c
index bfd2852..2ff767c 100644
--- a/lib/iter.c
+++ b/lib/iter.c
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@  struct gpiod_chip_iter {
 	unsigned int offset;
 };
 
-struct gpiod_line_iter {
-	struct gpiod_line **lines;
-	unsigned int num_lines;
-	unsigned int offset;
-};
-
 static int dir_filter(const struct dirent *dir)
 {
 	return !strncmp(dir->d_name, "gpiochip", 8);
@@ -127,45 +121,3 @@  struct gpiod_chip *gpiod_chip_iter_next_noclose(struct gpiod_chip_iter *iter)
 	return iter->offset < (iter->num_chips)
 					? iter->chips[iter->offset++] : NULL;
 }
-
-struct gpiod_line_iter *gpiod_line_iter_new(struct gpiod_chip *chip)
-{
-	struct gpiod_line_iter *iter;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	iter = malloc(sizeof(*iter));
-	if (!iter)
-		return NULL;
-
-	iter->num_lines = gpiod_chip_num_lines(chip);
-	iter->offset = 0;
-
-	iter->lines = calloc(iter->num_lines, sizeof(*iter->lines));
-	if (!iter->lines) {
-		free(iter);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < iter->num_lines; i++) {
-		iter->lines[i] = gpiod_chip_get_line(chip, i);
-		if (!iter->lines[i]) {
-			free(iter->lines);
-			free(iter);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return iter;
-}
-
-void gpiod_line_iter_free(struct gpiod_line_iter *iter)
-{
-	free(iter->lines);
-	free(iter);
-}
-
-struct gpiod_line *gpiod_line_iter_next(struct gpiod_line_iter *iter)
-{
-	return iter->offset < (iter->num_lines)
-					? iter->lines[iter->offset++] : NULL;
-}
diff --git a/tests/gpiod-test.h b/tests/gpiod-test.h
index a43109a..df9f0c7 100644
--- a/tests/gpiod-test.h
+++ b/tests/gpiod-test.h
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@ 
 typedef struct gpiod_chip gpiod_chip_struct;
 typedef struct gpiod_line_bulk gpiod_line_bulk_struct;
 typedef struct gpiod_chip_iter gpiod_chip_iter_struct;
-typedef struct gpiod_line_iter gpiod_line_iter_struct;
 
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(gpiod_chip_struct, gpiod_chip_close);
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(gpiod_line_bulk_struct, gpiod_line_bulk_free);
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(gpiod_chip_iter_struct, gpiod_chip_iter_free);
-G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(gpiod_line_iter_struct, gpiod_line_iter_free);
 
 /* These are private definitions and should not be used directly. */
 typedef void (*_gpiod_test_func)(void);
diff --git a/tests/tests-iter.c b/tests/tests-iter.c
index 8deee8e..163a820 100644
--- a/tests/tests-iter.c
+++ b/tests/tests-iter.c
@@ -98,26 +98,3 @@  GPIOD_TEST_CASE(chip_iter_break, 0, { 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 })
 
 	g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 3);
 }
-
-GPIOD_TEST_CASE(line_iter, 0, { 8 })
-{
-	g_autoptr(gpiod_line_iter_struct) iter = NULL;
-	g_autoptr(gpiod_chip_struct) chip = NULL;
-	struct gpiod_line *line;
-	guint i = 0;
-
-	chip = gpiod_chip_open(gpiod_test_chip_path(0));
-	g_assert_nonnull(chip);
-	gpiod_test_return_if_failed();
-
-	iter = gpiod_line_iter_new(chip);
-	g_assert_nonnull(iter);
-	gpiod_test_return_if_failed();
-
-	gpiod_foreach_line(iter, line) {
-		g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, gpiod_line_offset(line));
-		i++;
-	}
-
-	g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 8);
-}
diff --git a/tools/gpioinfo.c b/tools/gpioinfo.c
index 67be379..dd4a388 100644
--- a/tools/gpioinfo.c
+++ b/tools/gpioinfo.c
@@ -116,22 +116,20 @@  static PRINTF(3, 4) void prinfo(bool *of,
 
 static void list_lines(struct gpiod_chip *chip)
 {
-	struct gpiod_line_iter *iter;
 	int direction, active_state;
 	const char *name, *consumer;
 	struct gpiod_line *line;
 	unsigned int i, offset;
 	bool flag_printed, of;
 
-	iter = gpiod_line_iter_new(chip);
-	if (!iter)
-		die_perror("error creating line iterator");
-
 	printf("%s - %u lines:\n",
 	       gpiod_chip_name(chip), gpiod_chip_num_lines(chip));
 
-	gpiod_foreach_line(iter, line) {
-		offset = gpiod_line_offset(line);
+	for (offset = 0; offset < gpiod_chip_num_lines(chip); offset++) {
+		line = gpiod_chip_get_line(chip, offset);
+		if (!line)
+			die_perror("unable to retrieve the line object from chip");
+
 		name = gpiod_line_name(line);
 		consumer = gpiod_line_consumer(line);
 		direction = gpiod_line_direction(line);
@@ -178,8 +176,6 @@  static void list_lines(struct gpiod_chip *chip)
 
 		printf("\n");
 	}
-
-	gpiod_line_iter_free(iter);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)