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+/**
+
+_libmdbx_ is an extremely fast, compact, powerful, embedded,
+transactional [key-value
+store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key-value_database) database, with
+[permissive license](./LICENSE). _MDBX_ has a specific set of properties and
+capabilities, focused on creating unique lightweight solutions with
+extraordinary performance.
+
+_libmdbx_ is superior to [LMDB](https://bit.ly/26ts7tL) in terms of features
+and reliability, not inferior in performance. In comparison to LMDB, _libmdbx_
+makes many things just work perfectly, not silently and catastrophically
+break down. _libmdbx_ supports Linux, Windows, MacOS, OSX, iOS, Android,
+FreeBSD, DragonFly, Solaris, OpenSolaris, OpenIndiana, NetBSD, OpenBSD and other
+systems compliant with POSIX.1-2008.
+
+_The Future will (be) [Positive](https://www.ptsecurity.com). Всё будет хорошо._
+
+
+\section copyright LICENSE & COPYRIGHT
+
+\authors Copyright (c) 2015-2021, Leonid Yuriev <leo@yuriev.ru>
+and other _libmdbx_ authors: please see [AUTHORS](./AUTHORS) file.
+
+\copyright Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP Public License.
+
+A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the
+top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
+<http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
+
+ ---
+
+This code is derived from "LMDB engine" written by
+Howard Chu (Symas Corporation), which itself derived from btree.c
+written by Martin Hedenfalk.
+
+ ---
+
+Portions Copyright 2011-2015 Howard Chu, Symas Corp. All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP
+Public License.
+
+A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the
+top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
+<http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
+
+ ---
+
+Portions Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Martin Hedenfalk <martin@bzero.se>
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+#ifndef LIBMDBX_H
+#define LIBMDBX_H
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(push, 1)
+#pragma warning(disable : 4548) /* expression before comma has no effect;      \
+                                   expected expression with side - effect */
+#pragma warning(disable : 4530) /* C++ exception handler used, but unwind      \
+                                 * semantics are not enabled. Specify /EHsc */
+#pragma warning(disable : 4577) /* 'noexcept' used with no exception handling  \
+                                 * mode specified; termination on exception is \
+                                 * not guaranteed. Specify /EHsc */
+#endif                          /* _MSC_VER (warnings) */
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+/* clang-format off */
+
+/**
+ \file mdbx.h
+ \brief The libmdbx C API header file
+
+ \defgroup c_api C API
+ @{
+ \defgroup c_err Error handling
+ \defgroup c_opening Opening & Closing
+ \defgroup c_transactions Transactions
+ \defgroup c_dbi Databases
+ \defgroup c_crud Create/Read/Update/Delete (see Quick Reference in details)
+
+ \details
+ \anchor c_crud_hints
+# Quick Reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations
+
+Historically, libmdbx inherits the API basis from LMDB, where it is often
+difficult to select flags/options and functions for the desired operation.
+So it is recommend using this hints.
+
+## Databases with UNIQUE keys
+
+In databases created without the \ref MDBX_DUPSORT option, keys are always
+unique. Thus always a single value corresponds to the each key, and so there
+are only a few cases of changing data.
+
+| Case                                        | Flags to use        | Result                 |
+|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
+| _INSERTING_|||
+|Key is absent → Insertion                    |\ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE|Insertion               |
+|Key exist → Error since key present          |\ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE|Error \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST and return Present value|
+| _UPSERTING_|||
+|Key is absent → Insertion                    |\ref MDBX_UPSERT     |Insertion               |
+|Key exist → Update                           |\ref MDBX_UPSERT     |Update                  |
+|  _UPDATING_|||
+|Key is absent → Error since no such key      |\ref MDBX_CURRENT    |Error \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND|
+|Key exist → Update                           |\ref MDBX_CURRENT    |Update value            |
+| _DELETING_|||
+|Key is absent → Error since no such key      |\ref mdbx_del() or \ref mdbx_replace()|Error \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND|
+|Key exist → Delete by key                    |\ref mdbx_del() with the parameter `data = NULL`|Deletion|
+|Key exist → Delete by key with with data matching check|\ref mdbx_del() with the parameter `data` filled with the value which should be match for deletion|Deletion or \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND if the value does not match|
+|Delete at the current cursor position        |\ref mdbx_cursor_del() with \ref MDBX_CURRENT flag|Deletion|
+|Extract (read & delete) value by the key     |\ref mdbx_replace() with zero flag and parameter `new_data = NULL`|Returning a deleted value|
+
+
+## Databases with NON-UNIQUE keys
+
+In databases created with the \ref MDBX_DUPSORT (Sorted Duplicates) option, keys
+may be non unique. Such non-unique keys in a key-value database may be treated
+as a duplicates or as like a multiple values corresponds to keys.
+
+
+| Case                                        | Flags to use        | Result                 |
+|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
+| _INSERTING_|||
+|Key is absent → Insertion                    |\ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE|Insertion|
+|Key exist → Needn't to add new values        |\ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE|Error \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST with returning the first value from those already present|
+| _UPSERTING_|||
+|Key is absent → Insertion                    |\ref MDBX_UPSERT     |Insertion|
+|Key exist → Wanna to add new values          |\ref MDBX_UPSERT     |Add one more value to the key|
+|Key exist → Replace all values with a new one|\ref MDBX_UPSERT + \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS|Overwrite by single new value|
+|  _UPDATING_|||
+|Key is absent → Error since no such key      |\ref MDBX_CURRENT    |Error \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND|
+|Key exist, Single value → Update             |\ref MDBX_CURRENT    |Update single value    |
+|Key exist, Multiple values → Replace all values with a new one|\ref MDBX_CURRENT + \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS|Overwrite by single new value|
+|Key exist, Multiple values → Error since it is unclear which of the values should be updated|\ref mdbx_put() with \ref MDBX_CURRENT|Error \ref MDBX_EMULTIVAL|
+|Key exist, Multiple values → Update particular entry of multi-value|\ref mdbx_replace() with \ref MDBX_CURRENT + \ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE and the parameter `old_value` filled with the value that wanna to update|Update one multi-value entry|
+|Key exist, Multiple values → Update the current entry of multi-value|\ref mdbx_cursor_put() with \ref MDBX_CURRENT|Update one multi-value entry|
+| _DELETING_|||
+|Key is absent → Error since no such key      |\ref mdbx_del() or \ref mdbx_replace()|Error \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND|
+|Key exist → Delete all values corresponds given key|\ref mdbx_del() with the parameter `data = NULL`|Deletion|
+|Key exist → Delete particular value corresponds given key|\ref mdbx_del() with the parameter `data` filled with the value that wanna to delete, or \ref mdbx_replace() with \ref MDBX_CURRENT + \ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE and the `old_value` parameter filled with the value that wanna to delete and `new_data = NULL`| Deletion or \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND if no such key-value pair|
+|Delete one value at the current cursor position|\ref mdbx_cursor_del() with \ref MDBX_CURRENT flag|Deletion only the current entry|
+|Delete all values of key at the current cursor position|\ref mdbx_cursor_del() with with \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS flag|Deletion all duplicates of key (all multi-values) at the current cursor position|
+
+ \defgroup c_cursors Cursors
+ \defgroup c_statinfo Statistics & Information
+ \defgroup c_settings Settings
+ \defgroup c_debug Logging and runtime debug
+ \defgroup c_rqest Range query estimation
+ \defgroup c_extra Extra operations
+*/
+
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+/* clang-format on */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <winnt.h>
+#ifndef __mode_t_defined
+typedef unsigned short mdbx_mode_t;
+#else
+typedef mode_t mdbx_mode_t;
+#endif /* __mode_t_defined */
+typedef HANDLE mdbx_filehandle_t;
+typedef DWORD mdbx_pid_t;
+typedef DWORD mdbx_tid_t;
+#else                  /* Windows */
+#include <errno.h>     /* for error codes */
+#include <pthread.h>   /* for pthread_t */
+#include <sys/types.h> /* for pid_t */
+#include <sys/uio.h>   /* for struct iovec */
+#define HAVE_STRUCT_IOVEC 1
+typedef int mdbx_filehandle_t;
+typedef pid_t mdbx_pid_t;
+typedef pthread_t mdbx_tid_t;
+typedef mode_t mdbx_mode_t;
+#endif /* !Windows */
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(pop)
+#endif
+
+/** @} close c_api
+ * \defgroup api_macros Common Macros
+ * @{ */
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifndef __has_attribute
+#define __has_attribute(x) (0)
+#endif /* __has_attribute */
+
+#ifndef __has_cpp_attribute
+#define __has_cpp_attribute(x) 0
+#endif /* __has_cpp_attribute */
+
+#ifndef __has_feature
+#define __has_feature(x) (0)
+#endif /* __has_feature */
+
+#ifndef __has_extension
+#define __has_extension(x) (0)
+#endif /* __has_extension */
+
+#ifndef __has_builtin
+#define __has_builtin(x) (0)
+#endif /* __has_builtin */
+
+/** Many functions have no effects except the return value and their
+ * return value depends only on the parameters and/or global variables.
+ * Such a function can be subject to common subexpression elimination
+ * and loop optimization just as an arithmetic operator would be.
+ * These functions should be declared with the attribute pure. */
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__pure__)) &&                        \
+    (!defined(__clang__) /* https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43275 */     \
+     || !defined(__cplusplus) || !__has_feature(cxx_exceptions))
+#define MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION __attribute__((__pure__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__) && _MSC_VER >= 1920
+#define MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION
+#elif defined(__cplusplus) && __has_cpp_attribute(gnu::pure) &&                \
+    (!defined(__clang__) || !__has_feature(cxx_exceptions))
+#define MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION [[gnu::pure]]
+#else
+#define MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION
+#endif /* MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION */
+
+/** Like \ref MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION with addition `noexcept` restriction
+ * that is compatible to CLANG and proposed [[pure]]. */
+#if defined(__GNUC__) ||                                                       \
+    (__has_attribute(__pure__) && __has_attribute(__nothrow__))
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION __attribute__((__pure__, __nothrow__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__) && _MSC_VER >= 1920
+#if __has_cpp_attribute(pure)
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION [[pure]]
+#else
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION
+#endif
+#elif defined(__cplusplus) && __has_cpp_attribute(gnu::pure)
+#if __has_cpp_attribute(gnu::nothrow)
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION [[gnu::pure, gnu::nothrow]]
+#else
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION [[gnu::pure]]
+#endif
+#elif defined(__cplusplus) && __has_cpp_attribute(pure)
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION [[pure]]
+#else
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION
+#endif /* MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION */
+
+/** Many functions do not examine any values except their arguments,
+ * and have no effects except the return value. Basically this is just
+ * slightly more strict class than the PURE attribute, since function
+ * is not allowed to read global memory.
+ *
+ * Note that a function that has pointer arguments and examines the
+ * data pointed to must not be declared const. Likewise, a function
+ * that calls a non-const function usually must not be const.
+ * It does not make sense for a const function to return void. */
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__pure__)) &&                        \
+    (!defined(__clang__) /* https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43275 */     \
+     || !defined(__cplusplus) || !__has_feature(cxx_exceptions))
+#define MDBX_CONST_FUNCTION __attribute__((__const__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__) && _MSC_VER >= 1920
+#define MDBX_CONST_FUNCTION MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION
+#elif defined(__cplusplus) && __has_cpp_attribute(gnu::const) &&               \
+    (!defined(__clang__) || !__has_feature(cxx_exceptions))
+#define MDBX_CONST_FUNCTION [[gnu::const]]
+#else
+#define MDBX_CONST_FUNCTION MDBX_PURE_FUNCTION
+#endif /* MDBX_CONST_FUNCTION */
+
+/** Like \ref MDBX_CONST_FUNCTION with addition `noexcept` restriction
+ * that is compatible to CLANG and future [[const]]. */
+#if defined(__GNUC__) ||                                                       \
+    (__has_attribute(__const__) && __has_attribute(__nothrow__))
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION __attribute__((__const__, __nothrow__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__) && _MSC_VER >= 1920
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION
+#elif defined(__cplusplus) && __has_cpp_attribute(gnu::const)
+#if __has_cpp_attribute(gnu::nothrow)
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION [[gnu::const, gnu::nothrow]]
+#else
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION [[gnu::const]]
+#endif
+#elif defined(__cplusplus) && __has_cpp_attribute(const)
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION [[const]]
+#else
+#define MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION
+#endif /* MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION */
+
+#ifndef MDBX_DEPRECATED /* may be predefined to avoid warnings "deprecated" */
+#ifdef __deprecated
+#define MDBX_DEPRECATED __deprecated
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__deprecated__)
+#define MDBX_DEPRECATED __attribute__((__deprecated__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define MDBX_DEPRECATED __declspec(deprecated)
+#else
+#define MDBX_DEPRECATED
+#endif
+#endif /* MDBX_DEPRECATED */
+
+#ifndef __dll_export
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__dllexport__)
+#define __dll_export __attribute__((__dllexport__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define __dll_export __declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+#define __dll_export
+#endif
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__visibility__)
+#define __dll_export __attribute__((__visibility__("default")))
+#else
+#define __dll_export
+#endif
+#endif /* __dll_export */
+
+#ifndef __dll_import
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__dllimport__)
+#define __dll_import __attribute__((__dllimport__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define __dll_import __declspec(dllimport)
+#else
+#define __dll_import
+#endif
+#else
+#define __dll_import
+#endif
+#endif /* __dll_import */
+
+/** \brief Auxiliary macro for robustly define the both inline version of API
+ * function and non-inline fallback dll-exported version for applications linked
+ * with old version of libmdbx, with a strictly ODR-common implementation. */
+#if defined(LIBMDBX_INTERNALS) && !defined(LIBMDBX_NO_EXPORTS_LEGACY_API)
+#define LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(TYPE, NAME, ARGS)                                   \
+  /* proto of exported which uses common impl */ LIBMDBX_API TYPE NAME ARGS;   \
+  /* definition of common impl */ static __inline TYPE __inline_##NAME ARGS
+#else
+#define LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(TYPE, NAME, ARGS) static __inline TYPE NAME ARGS
+#endif /* LIBMDBX_INLINE_API */
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+#ifndef bool
+#define bool _Bool
+#endif
+#ifndef true
+#define true (1)
+#endif
+#ifndef false
+#define false (0)
+#endif
+#endif /* bool without __cplusplus */
+
+#if !defined(DOXYGEN) && (!defined(__cpp_noexcept_function_type) ||            \
+                          __cpp_noexcept_function_type < 201510L)
+#define MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT
+#else
+#define MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT noexcept
+#endif /* MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT */
+
+/* Workaround for old compilers without properly support for constexpr. */
+#if !defined(__cplusplus)
+#define MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR __inline
+#define MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR_VAR const
+#elif !defined(DOXYGEN) &&                                                     \
+    (!defined(__cpp_constexpr) || __cpp_constexpr < 200704L ||                 \
+     (defined(__LCC__) && __LCC__ < 124) ||                                    \
+     (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__ < 407) &&          \
+      !defined(__clang__) && !defined(__LCC__)) ||                             \
+     (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1910) ||                                 \
+     (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ < 4))
+#define MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR inline
+#define MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR_VAR const
+#else
+#define MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR constexpr
+#define MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR_VAR constexpr
+#endif /* MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR */
+
+#if !defined(__cplusplus)
+#define MDBX_CXX11_CONSTEXPR __inline
+#define MDBX_CXX11_CONSTEXPR_VAR const
+#elif !defined(DOXYGEN) &&                                                     \
+    (!defined(__cpp_constexpr) || __cpp_constexpr < 201304 ||                  \
+     (defined(__LCC__) && __LCC__ < 124) ||                                    \
+     (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ < 6 && !defined(__clang__) &&              \
+      !defined(__LCC__)) ||                                                    \
+     (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1910) ||                                 \
+     (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ < 5))
+#define MDBX_CXX11_CONSTEXPR inline
+#define MDBX_CXX11_CONSTEXPR_VAR const
+#else
+#define MDBX_CXX11_CONSTEXPR constexpr
+#define MDBX_CXX11_CONSTEXPR_VAR constexpr
+#endif /* MDBX_CXX11_CONSTEXPR */
+
+#if !defined(__cplusplus)
+#define MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR __inline
+#define MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR_VAR const
+#elif defined(DOXYGEN) ||                                                      \
+    defined(__cpp_constexpr) && __cpp_constexpr >= 201304L &&                  \
+        ((defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1910) ||                            \
+         (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ > 4) ||                        \
+         (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ > 6) ||                                \
+         (!defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__) && !defined(_MSC_VER)))
+#define MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR constexpr
+#define MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR_VAR constexpr
+#else
+#define MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR inline
+#define MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR_VAR const
+#endif /* MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR */
+
+#if defined(__noreturn)
+#define MDBX_NORETURN __noreturn
+#elif defined(_Noreturn)
+#define MDBX_NORETURN _Noreturn
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__noreturn__)
+#define MDBX_NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__)
+#define MDBX_NORETURN __declspec(noreturn)
+#else
+#define MDBX_NORETURN
+#endif /* MDBX_NORETURN */
+
+#ifndef MDBX_PRINTF_ARGS
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || __has_attribute(__format__)
+#define MDBX_PRINTF_ARGS(format_index, first_arg)                              \
+  __attribute__((__format__(__printf__, format_index, first_arg)))
+#else
+#define MDBX_PRINTF_ARGS(format_index, first_arg)
+#endif
+#endif /* MDBX_PRINTF_ARGS */
+
+/* Oh, below are some songs and dances since:
+ *  - C++ requires explicit definition of the necessary operators.
+ *  - the proper implementation of DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS for C++ required
+ *    the constexpr feature which is broken in most old compilers;
+ *  - DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS may be defined broken as in the Windows SDK. */
+#ifndef DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#if !defined(__cpp_constexpr) || __cpp_constexpr < 200704L ||                  \
+    (defined(__LCC__) && __LCC__ < 124) ||                                     \
+    (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__ < 407) &&           \
+     !defined(__clang__) && !defined(__LCC__)) ||                              \
+    (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1910) ||                                  \
+    (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ < 4)
+/* The constexpr feature is not available or (may be) broken */
+#define CONSTEXPR_ENUM_FLAGS_OPERATIONS 0
+#else
+/* C always allows these operators for enums */
+#define CONSTEXPR_ENUM_FLAGS_OPERATIONS 1
+#endif /* __cpp_constexpr */
+
+/// Define operator overloads to enable bit operations on enum values that are
+/// used to define flags (based on Microsoft's DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS).
+#define DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(ENUM)                                       \
+  extern "C++" {                                                               \
+  MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR ENUM operator|(ENUM a, ENUM b) {                        \
+    return ENUM(unsigned(a) | unsigned(b));                                    \
+  }                                                                            \
+  MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR ENUM &operator|=(ENUM &a, ENUM b) { return a = a | b; } \
+  MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR ENUM operator&(ENUM a, ENUM b) {                        \
+    return ENUM(unsigned(a) & unsigned(b));                                    \
+  }                                                                            \
+  MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR ENUM operator&(ENUM a, unsigned b) {                    \
+    return ENUM(unsigned(a) & b);                                              \
+  }                                                                            \
+  MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR ENUM operator&(unsigned a, ENUM b) {                    \
+    return ENUM(a & unsigned(b));                                              \
+  }                                                                            \
+  MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR ENUM &operator&=(ENUM &a, ENUM b) { return a = a & b; } \
+  MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR ENUM &operator&=(ENUM &a, unsigned b) {                 \
+    return a = a & b;                                                          \
+  }                                                                            \
+  MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR unsigned operator~(ENUM a) { return ~unsigned(a); }     \
+  MDBX_CXX01_CONSTEXPR ENUM operator^(ENUM a, ENUM b) {                        \
+    return ENUM(unsigned(a) ^ unsigned(b));                                    \
+  }                                                                            \
+  MDBX_CXX14_CONSTEXPR ENUM &operator^=(ENUM &a, ENUM b) { return a = a ^ b; } \
+  }
+#else /* __cplusplus */
+/* nope for C since it always allows these operators for enums */
+#define DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(ENUM)
+#define CONSTEXPR_ENUM_FLAGS_OPERATIONS 1
+#endif /* !__cplusplus */
+
+#elif !defined(CONSTEXPR_ENUM_FLAGS_OPERATIONS)
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+/* DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS may be defined broken as in the Windows SDK */
+#define CONSTEXPR_ENUM_FLAGS_OPERATIONS 0
+#else
+/* C always allows these operators for enums */
+#define CONSTEXPR_ENUM_FLAGS_OPERATIONS 1
+#endif
+
+#endif /* DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS */
+
+/** @} end of Common Macros */
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/** \addtogroup c_api
+ * @{ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* MDBX version 0.9.x */
+#define MDBX_VERSION_MAJOR 0
+#define MDBX_VERSION_MINOR 9
+
+#ifndef LIBMDBX_API
+#if defined(LIBMDBX_EXPORTS)
+#define LIBMDBX_API __dll_export
+#elif defined(LIBMDBX_IMPORTS)
+#define LIBMDBX_API __dll_import
+#else
+#define LIBMDBX_API
+#endif
+#endif /* LIBMDBX_API */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#if defined(__clang__) || __has_attribute(type_visibility)
+#define LIBMDBX_API_TYPE LIBMDBX_API __attribute__((type_visibility("default")))
+#else
+#define LIBMDBX_API_TYPE LIBMDBX_API
+#endif
+#else
+#define LIBMDBX_API_TYPE
+#endif /* LIBMDBX_API_TYPE */
+
+#if defined(LIBMDBX_IMPORTS)
+#define LIBMDBX_VERINFO_API __dll_import
+#else
+#define LIBMDBX_VERINFO_API __dll_export
+#endif /* LIBMDBX_VERINFO_API */
+
+/** \brief libmdbx version information */
+extern LIBMDBX_VERINFO_API const struct MDBX_version_info {
+  uint8_t major;     /**< Major version number */
+  uint8_t minor;     /**< Minor version number */
+  uint16_t release;  /**< Release number of Major.Minor */
+  uint32_t revision; /**< Revision number of Release */
+  struct {
+    const char *datetime; /**< committer date, strict ISO-8601 format */
+    const char *tree;     /**< commit hash (hexadecimal digits) */
+    const char *commit;   /**< tree hash, i.e. digest of the source code */
+    const char *describe; /**< git-describe string */
+  } git;                  /**< source information from git */
+  const char *sourcery;   /**< sourcery anchor for pinning */
+} /** \brief libmdbx version information */ mdbx_version;
+
+/** \brief libmdbx build information
+ * \attention Some strings could be NULL in case no corresponding information
+ *            was provided at build time (i.e. flags). */
+extern LIBMDBX_VERINFO_API const struct MDBX_build_info {
+  const char *datetime; /**< build timestamp (ISO-8601 or __DATE__ __TIME__) */
+  const char *target;   /**< cpu/arch-system-config triplet */
+  const char *options;  /**< mdbx-related options */
+  const char *compiler; /**< compiler */
+  const char *flags;    /**< CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS */
+} /** \brief libmdbx build information */ mdbx_build;
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+#if !MDBX_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY
+
+/* MDBX internally uses global and thread local storage destructors to
+ * automatically (de)initialization, releasing reader lock table slots
+ * and so on.
+ *
+ * If MDBX builded as a DLL this is done out-of-the-box by DllEntry() function,
+ * which called automatically by Windows core with passing corresponding reason
+ * argument.
+ *
+ * Otherwise, if MDBX was builded not as a DLL, some black magic
+ * may be required depending of Windows version:
+ *  - Modern Windows versions, including Windows Vista and later, provides
+ *    support for "TLS Directory" (e.g .CRT$XL[A-Z] sections in executable
+ *    or dll file). In this case, MDBX capable of doing all automatically,
+ *    and you do not need to call mdbx_dll_handler().
+ *  - Obsolete versions of Windows, prior to Windows Vista, REQUIRES calling
+ *    mdbx_dll_handler() manually from corresponding DllMain() or WinMain()
+ *    of your DLL or application.
+ *  - This behavior is under control of the MODX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK
+ *    option, which is determined by default according to the target version
+ *    of Windows at build time.
+ *    But you may override MODX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK in special cases.
+ *
+ * Therefore, building MDBX as a DLL is recommended for all version of Windows.
+ * So, if you doubt, just build MDBX as the separate DLL and don't worry. */
+
+#ifndef MDBX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK
+#if defined(_WIN32_WINNT_VISTA) && WINVER >= _WIN32_WINNT_VISTA
+/* As described above mdbx_dll_handler() is NOT needed forWindows Vista
+ * and later. */
+#define MDBX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK 0
+#else
+/* As described above mdbx_dll_handler() IS REQUIRED for Windows versions
+ * prior to Windows Vista. */
+#define MDBX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK 1
+#endif
+#endif /* MDBX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK */
+
+#if MDBX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK
+void LIBMDBX_API NTAPI mdbx_dll_handler(PVOID module, DWORD reason,
+                                        PVOID reserved);
+#endif /* MDBX_CONFIG_MANUAL_TLS_CALLBACK */
+#endif /* !MDBX_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY */
+#endif /* Windows */
+
+/* OPACITY STRUCTURES *********************************************************/
+
+/** \brief Opaque structure for a database environment.
+ * \details An environment supports multiple key-value sub-databases (aka
+ * key-value spaces or tables), all residing in the same shared-memory map.
+ * \see mdbx_env_create() \see mdbx_env_close() */
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef struct MDBX_env MDBX_env;
+#else
+struct MDBX_env;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Opaque structure for a transaction handle.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ * \details All database operations require a transaction handle. Transactions
+ * may be read-only or read-write.
+ * \see mdbx_txn_begin() \see mdbx_txn_commit() \see mdbx_txn_abort() */
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef struct MDBX_txn MDBX_txn;
+#else
+struct MDBX_txn;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief A handle for an individual database (key-value spaces) in the
+ * environment. \ingroup c_dbi \details Zero handle is used internally (hidden
+ * Garbage Collection DB). So, any valid DBI-handle great than 0 and less than
+ * or equal \ref MDBX_MAX_DBI. \see mdbx_dbi_open() \see mdbx_dbi_close() */
+typedef uint32_t MDBX_dbi;
+
+/** \brief Opaque structure for navigating through a database
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ * \see mdbx_cursor_create() \see mdbx_cursor_bind() \see mdbx_cursor_close()
+ */
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef struct MDBX_cursor MDBX_cursor;
+#else
+struct MDBX_cursor;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Generic structure used for passing keys and data in and out of the
+ * database.
+ * \anchor MDBX_val \see mdbx::slice \see mdbx::buffer
+ *
+ * \details Values returned from the database are valid only until a subsequent
+ * update operation, or the end of the transaction. Do not modify or
+ * free them, they commonly point into the database itself.
+ *
+ * Key sizes must be between 0 and \ref mdbx_env_get_maxkeysize() inclusive.
+ * The same applies to data sizes in databases with the \ref MDBX_DUPSORT flag.
+ * Other data items can in theory be from 0 to \ref MDBX_MAXDATASIZE bytes long.
+ *
+ * \note The notable difference between MDBX and LMDB is that MDBX support zero
+ * length keys. */
+#ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_IOVEC
+struct iovec {
+  void *iov_base; /**< pointer to some data */
+  size_t iov_len; /**< the length of data in bytes */
+};
+#define HAVE_STRUCT_IOVEC
+#endif /* HAVE_STRUCT_IOVEC */
+
+#if defined(__sun) || defined(__SVR4) || defined(__svr4__)
+/* The `iov_len` is signed on Sun/Solaris.
+ * So define custom MDBX_val to avoid a lot of warnings. */
+struct MDBX_val {
+  void *iov_base; /**< pointer to some data */
+  size_t iov_len; /**< the length of data in bytes */
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef struct MDBX_val MDBX_val;
+#endif
+#else  /* SunOS */
+typedef struct iovec MDBX_val;
+#endif /* ! SunOS */
+
+enum MDBX_constants {
+  /** The hard limit for DBI handles */
+  MDBX_MAX_DBI = UINT32_C(32765),
+
+  /** The maximum size of a data item. */
+  MDBX_MAXDATASIZE = UINT32_C(0x7fff0000),
+
+  /** The minimal database page size in bytes. */
+  MDBX_MIN_PAGESIZE = 256,
+
+  /** The maximal database page size in bytes. */
+  MDBX_MAX_PAGESIZE = 65536,
+};
+
+/* THE FILES *******************************************************************
+ * At the file system level, the environment corresponds to a pair of files. */
+
+/** \brief The name of the lock file in the environment */
+#define MDBX_LOCKNAME "/mdbx.lck"
+/** \brief The name of the data file in the environment */
+#define MDBX_DATANAME "/mdbx.dat"
+
+/** \brief The suffix of the lock file when \ref MDBX_NOSUBDIR is used */
+#define MDBX_LOCK_SUFFIX "-lck"
+
+/* DEBUG & LOGGING ************************************************************/
+
+/** \addtogroup c_debug
+ * \note Most of debug feature enabled only when libmdbx builded with
+ * \ref MDBX_DEBUG build option. @{ */
+
+/** Log level (requires build libmdbx with \ref MDBX_DEBUG option) */
+enum MDBX_log_level_t {
+  /** Critical conditions, i.e. assertion failures */
+  MDBX_LOG_FATAL = 0,
+
+  /** Enables logging for error conditions and \ref MDBX_LOG_FATAL */
+  MDBX_LOG_ERROR = 1,
+
+  /** Enables logging for warning conditions and \ref MDBX_LOG_ERROR ...
+      \ref MDBX_LOG_FATAL */
+  MDBX_LOG_WARN = 2,
+
+  /** Enables logging for normal but significant condition and
+      \ref MDBX_LOG_WARN ... \ref MDBX_LOG_FATAL */
+  MDBX_LOG_NOTICE = 3,
+
+  /** Enables logging for verbose informational and \ref MDBX_LOG_NOTICE ...
+      \ref MDBX_LOG_FATAL */
+  MDBX_LOG_VERBOSE = 4,
+
+  /** Enables logging for debug-level messages and \ref MDBX_LOG_VERBOSE ...
+      \ref MDBX_LOG_FATAL */
+  MDBX_LOG_DEBUG = 5,
+
+  /** Enables logging for trace debug-level messages and \ref MDBX_LOG_DEBUG ...
+      \ref MDBX_LOG_FATAL */
+  MDBX_LOG_TRACE = 6,
+
+  /** Enables extra debug-level messages (dump pgno lists)
+      and all other log-messages */
+  MDBX_LOG_EXTRA = 7,
+
+  /** for \ref mdbx_setup_debug() only: Don't change current settings */
+  MDBX_LOG_DONTCHANGE = -1
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef enum MDBX_log_level_t MDBX_log_level_t;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Runtime debug flags
+ *
+ * \details `MDBX_DBG_DUMP` and `MDBX_DBG_LEGACY_MULTIOPEN` always have an
+ * effect, but `MDBX_DBG_ASSERT`, `MDBX_DBG_AUDIT` and `MDBX_DBG_JITTER` only if
+ * libmdbx builded with \ref MDBX_DEBUG. */
+enum MDBX_debug_flags_t {
+  /** Enable assertion checks.
+   * Requires build with \ref MDBX_DEBUG > 0 */
+  MDBX_DBG_ASSERT = 1,
+
+  /** Enable pages usage audit at commit transactions.
+   * Requires build with \ref MDBX_DEBUG > 0 */
+  MDBX_DBG_AUDIT = 2,
+
+  /** Enable small random delays in critical points.
+   * Requires build with \ref MDBX_DEBUG > 0 */
+  MDBX_DBG_JITTER = 4,
+
+  /** Include or not meta-pages in coredump files.
+   * May affect performance in \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP mode */
+  MDBX_DBG_DUMP = 8,
+
+  /** Allow multi-opening environment(s) */
+  MDBX_DBG_LEGACY_MULTIOPEN = 16,
+
+  /** Allow read and write transactions overlapping for the same thread */
+  MDBX_DBG_LEGACY_OVERLAP = 32,
+
+  /** for mdbx_setup_debug() only: Don't change current settings */
+  MDBX_DBG_DONTCHANGE = -1
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef enum MDBX_debug_flags_t MDBX_debug_flags_t;
+#else
+DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(MDBX_debug_flags_t)
+#endif
+
+/** \brief A debug-logger callback function,
+ * called before printing the message and aborting.
+ * \see mdbx_setup_debug()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env  An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] msg  The assertion message, not including newline. */
+typedef void MDBX_debug_func(MDBX_log_level_t loglevel, const char *function,
+                             int line, const char *fmt,
+                             va_list args) MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT;
+
+/** \brief The "don't change `logger`" value for mdbx_setup_debug() */
+#define MDBX_LOGGER_DONTCHANGE ((MDBX_debug_func *)(intptr_t)-1)
+
+/** \brief Setup global log-level, debug options and debug logger.
+ * \returns The previously `debug_flags` in the 0-15 bits
+ *          and `log_level` in the 16-31 bits. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_setup_debug(MDBX_log_level_t log_level,
+                                 MDBX_debug_flags_t debug_flags,
+                                 MDBX_debug_func *logger);
+
+/** \brief A callback function for most MDBX assert() failures,
+ * called before printing the message and aborting.
+ * \see mdbx_env_set_assert()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env  An environment handle returned by mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] msg  The assertion message, not including newline. */
+typedef void MDBX_assert_func(const MDBX_env *env, const char *msg,
+                              const char *function,
+                              unsigned line) MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT;
+
+/** \brief Set or reset the assert() callback of the environment.
+ *
+ * Does nothing if libmdbx was built with MDBX_DEBUG=0 or with NDEBUG,
+ * and will return `MDBX_ENOSYS` in such case.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] func  An MDBX_assert_func function, or 0.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_set_assert(MDBX_env *env, MDBX_assert_func *func);
+
+/** \brief Dump given MDBX_val to the buffer
+ *
+ * Dumps it as string if value is printable (all bytes in the range 0x20..0x7E),
+ * otherwise made hexadecimal dump. Requires at least 4 byte length buffer.
+ *
+ * \returns One of:
+ *  - NULL if given buffer size less than 4 bytes;
+ *  - pointer to constant string if given value NULL or empty;
+ *  - otherwise pointer to given buffer. */
+LIBMDBX_API const char *mdbx_dump_val(const MDBX_val *key, char *const buf,
+                                      const size_t bufsize);
+
+/** \brief Panics with message and causes abnormal process termination. */
+LIBMDBX_API void mdbx_panic(const char *fmt, ...) MDBX_PRINTF_ARGS(1, 2);
+
+/** @} end of logging & debug */
+
+/** \brief Environment flags
+ * \ingroup c_opening
+ * \anchor env_flags
+ * \see mdbx_env_open() \see mdbx_env_set_flags() */
+enum MDBX_env_flags_t {
+  MDBX_ENV_DEFAULTS = 0,
+
+  /** No environment directory.
+   *
+   * By default, MDBX creates its environment in a directory whose pathname is
+   * given in path, and creates its data and lock files under that directory.
+   * With this option, path is used as-is for the database main data file.
+   * The database lock file is the path with "-lck" appended.
+   *
+   * - with `MDBX_NOSUBDIR` = in a filesystem we have the pair of MDBX-files
+   *   which names derived from given pathname by appending predefined suffixes.
+   *
+   * - without `MDBX_NOSUBDIR` = in a filesystem we have the MDBX-directory with
+   *   given pathname, within that a pair of MDBX-files with predefined names.
+   *
+   * This flag affects only at new environment creating by \ref mdbx_env_open(),
+   * otherwise at opening an existing environment libmdbx will choice this
+   * automatically. */
+  MDBX_NOSUBDIR = UINT32_C(0x4000),
+
+  /** Read only mode.
+   *
+   * Open the environment in read-only mode. No write operations will be
+   * allowed. MDBX will still modify the lock file - except on read-only
+   * filesystems, where MDBX does not use locks.
+   *
+   * - with `MDBX_RDONLY` = open environment in read-only mode.
+   *   MDBX supports pure read-only mode (i.e. without opening LCK-file) only
+   *   when environment directory and/or both files are not writable (and the
+   *   LCK-file may be missing). In such case allowing file(s) to be placed
+   *   on a network read-only share.
+   *
+   * - without `MDBX_RDONLY` = open environment in read-write mode.
+   *
+   * This flag affects only at environment opening but can't be changed after.
+   */
+  MDBX_RDONLY = UINT32_C(0x20000),
+
+  /** Open environment in exclusive/monopolistic mode.
+   *
+   * `MDBX_EXCLUSIVE` flag can be used as a replacement for `MDB_NOLOCK`,
+   * which don't supported by MDBX.
+   * In this way, you can get the minimal overhead, but with the correct
+   * multi-process and multi-thread locking.
+   *
+   * - with `MDBX_EXCLUSIVE` = open environment in exclusive/monopolistic mode
+   *   or return \ref MDBX_BUSY if environment already used by other process.
+   *   The main feature of the exclusive mode is the ability to open the
+   *   environment placed on a network share.
+   *
+   * - without `MDBX_EXCLUSIVE` = open environment in cooperative mode,
+   *   i.e. for multi-process access/interaction/cooperation.
+   *   The main requirements of the cooperative mode are:
+   *
+   *   1. data files MUST be placed in the LOCAL file system,
+   *      but NOT on a network share.
+   *   2. environment MUST be opened only by LOCAL processes,
+   *      but NOT over a network.
+   *   3. OS kernel (i.e. file system and memory mapping implementation) and
+   *      all processes that open the given environment MUST be running
+   *      in the physically single RAM with cache-coherency. The only
+   *      exception for cache-consistency requirement is Linux on MIPS
+   *      architecture, but this case has not been tested for a long time).
+   *
+   * This flag affects only at environment opening but can't be changed after.
+   */
+  MDBX_EXCLUSIVE = UINT32_C(0x400000),
+
+  /** Using database/environment which already opened by another process(es).
+   *
+   * The `MDBX_ACCEDE` flag is useful to avoid \ref MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE error
+   * while opening the database/environment which is already used by another
+   * process(es) with unknown mode/flags. In such cases, if there is a
+   * difference in the specified flags (\ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC,
+   * \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC, \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC, \ref MDBX_LIFORECLAIM,
+   * \ref MDBX_COALESCE and \ref MDBX_NORDAHEAD), instead of returning an error,
+   * the database will be opened in a compatibility with the already used mode.
+   *
+   * `MDBX_ACCEDE` has no effect if the current process is the only one either
+   * opening the DB in read-only mode or other process(es) uses the DB in
+   * read-only mode. */
+  MDBX_ACCEDE = UINT32_C(0x40000000),
+
+  /** Map data into memory with write permission.
+   *
+   * Use a writeable memory map unless \ref MDBX_RDONLY is set. This uses fewer
+   * mallocs and requires much less work for tracking database pages, but
+   * loses protection from application bugs like wild pointer writes and other
+   * bad updates into the database. This may be slightly faster for DBs that
+   * fit entirely in RAM, but is slower for DBs larger than RAM. Also adds the
+   * possibility for stray application writes thru pointers to silently
+   * corrupt the database.
+   *
+   * - with `MDBX_WRITEMAP` = all data will be mapped into memory in the
+   *   read-write mode. This offers a significant performance benefit, since the
+   *   data will be modified directly in mapped memory and then flushed to disk
+   *   by single system call, without any memory management nor copying.
+   *
+   * - without `MDBX_WRITEMAP` = data will be mapped into memory in the
+   *   read-only mode. This requires stocking all modified database pages in
+   *   memory and then writing them to disk through file operations.
+   *
+   * \warning On the other hand, `MDBX_WRITEMAP` adds the possibility for stray
+   * application writes thru pointers to silently corrupt the database.
+   *
+   * \note The `MDBX_WRITEMAP` mode is incompatible with nested transactions,
+   * since this is unreasonable. I.e. nested transactions requires mallocation
+   * of database pages and more work for tracking ones, which neuters a
+   * performance boost caused by the `MDBX_WRITEMAP` mode.
+   *
+   * This flag affects only at environment opening but can't be changed after.
+   */
+  MDBX_WRITEMAP = UINT32_C(0x80000),
+
+  /** Tie reader locktable slots to read-only transactions
+   * instead of to threads.
+   *
+   * Don't use Thread-Local Storage, instead tie reader locktable slots to
+   * \ref MDBX_txn objects instead of to threads. So, \ref mdbx_txn_reset()
+   * keeps the slot reserved for the \ref MDBX_txn object. A thread may use
+   * parallel read-only transactions. And a read-only transaction may span
+   * threads if you synchronizes its use.
+   *
+   * Applications that multiplex many user threads over individual OS threads
+   * need this option. Such an application must also serialize the write
+   * transactions in an OS thread, since MDBX's write locking is unaware of
+   * the user threads.
+   *
+   * \note Regardless to `MDBX_NOTLS` flag a write transaction entirely should
+   * always be used in one thread from start to finish. MDBX checks this in a
+   * reasonable manner and return the \ref MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH error in rules
+   * violation.
+   *
+   * This flag affects only at environment opening but can't be changed after.
+   */
+  MDBX_NOTLS = UINT32_C(0x200000),
+
+  /** Don't do readahead.
+   *
+   * Turn off readahead. Most operating systems perform readahead on read
+   * requests by default. This option turns it off if the OS supports it.
+   * Turning it off may help random read performance when the DB is larger
+   * than RAM and system RAM is full.
+   *
+   * By default libmdbx dynamically enables/disables readahead depending on
+   * the actual database size and currently available memory. On the other
+   * hand, such automation has some limitation, i.e. could be performed only
+   * when DB size changing but can't tracks and reacts changing a free RAM
+   * availability, since it changes independently and asynchronously.
+   *
+   * \note The mdbx_is_readahead_reasonable() function allows to quickly find
+   * out whether to use readahead or not based on the size of the data and the
+   * amount of available memory.
+   *
+   * This flag affects only at environment opening and can't be changed after.
+   */
+  MDBX_NORDAHEAD = UINT32_C(0x800000),
+
+  /** Don't initialize malloc'd memory before writing to datafile.
+   *
+   * Don't initialize malloc'd memory before writing to unused spaces in the
+   * data file. By default, memory for pages written to the data file is
+   * obtained using malloc. While these pages may be reused in subsequent
+   * transactions, freshly malloc'd pages will be initialized to zeroes before
+   * use. This avoids persisting leftover data from other code (that used the
+   * heap and subsequently freed the memory) into the data file.
+   *
+   * Note that many other system libraries may allocate and free memory from
+   * the heap for arbitrary uses. E.g., stdio may use the heap for file I/O
+   * buffers. This initialization step has a modest performance cost so some
+   * applications may want to disable it using this flag. This option can be a
+   * problem for applications which handle sensitive data like passwords, and
+   * it makes memory checkers like Valgrind noisy. This flag is not needed
+   * with \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP, which writes directly to the mmap instead of using
+   * malloc for pages. The initialization is also skipped if \ref MDBX_RESERVE
+   * is used; the caller is expected to overwrite all of the memory that was
+   * reserved in that case.
+   *
+   * This flag may be changed at any time using `mdbx_env_set_flags()`. */
+  MDBX_NOMEMINIT = UINT32_C(0x1000000),
+
+  /** Aims to coalesce a Garbage Collection items.
+   *
+   * With `MDBX_COALESCE` flag MDBX will aims to coalesce items while recycling
+   * a Garbage Collection. Technically, when possible short lists of pages
+   * will be combined into longer ones, but to fit on one database page. As a
+   * result, there will be fewer items in Garbage Collection and a page lists
+   * are longer, which slightly increases the likelihood of returning pages to
+   * Unallocated space and reducing the database file.
+   *
+   * This flag may be changed at any time using mdbx_env_set_flags(). */
+  MDBX_COALESCE = UINT32_C(0x2000000),
+
+  /** LIFO policy for recycling a Garbage Collection items.
+   *
+   * `MDBX_LIFORECLAIM` flag turns on LIFO policy for recycling a Garbage
+   * Collection items, instead of FIFO by default. On systems with a disk
+   * write-back cache, this can significantly increase write performance, up
+   * to several times in a best case scenario.
+   *
+   * LIFO recycling policy means that for reuse pages will be taken which became
+   * unused the lastest (i.e. just now or most recently). Therefore the loop of
+   * database pages circulation becomes as short as possible. In other words,
+   * the number of pages, that are overwritten in memory and on disk during a
+   * series of write transactions, will be as small as possible. Thus creates
+   * ideal conditions for the efficient operation of the disk write-back cache.
+   *
+   * \ref MDBX_LIFORECLAIM is compatible with all no-sync flags, but gives NO
+   * noticeable impact in combination with \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC or
+   * \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC. Because MDBX will reused pages only before the
+   * last "steady" MVCC-snapshot, i.e. the loop length of database pages
+   * circulation will be mostly defined by frequency of calling
+   * \ref mdbx_env_sync() rather than LIFO and FIFO difference.
+   *
+   * This flag may be changed at any time using mdbx_env_set_flags(). */
+  MDBX_LIFORECLAIM = UINT32_C(0x4000000),
+
+  /** Debugging option, fill/perturb released pages. */
+  MDBX_PAGEPERTURB = UINT32_C(0x8000000),
+
+  /* SYNC MODES****************************************************************/
+  /** \defgroup sync_modes SYNC MODES
+   *
+   * \attention Using any combination of \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC, \ref
+   * MDBX_NOMETASYNC and especially \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC is always a deal to
+   * reduce durability for gain write performance. You must know exactly what
+   * you are doing and what risks you are taking!
+   *
+   * \note for LMDB users: \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC is NOT similar to LMDB_NOSYNC,
+   * but \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC is exactly match LMDB_NOSYNC. See details
+   * below.
+   *
+   * THE SCENE:
+   * - The DAT-file contains several MVCC-snapshots of B-tree at same time,
+   *   each of those B-tree has its own root page.
+   * - Each of meta pages at the beginning of the DAT file contains a
+   *   pointer to the root page of B-tree which is the result of the particular
+   *   transaction, and a number of this transaction.
+   * - For data durability, MDBX must first write all MVCC-snapshot data
+   *   pages and ensure that are written to the disk, then update a meta page
+   *   with the new transaction number and a pointer to the corresponding new
+   *   root page, and flush any buffers yet again.
+   * - Thus during commit a I/O buffers should be flushed to the disk twice;
+   *   i.e. fdatasync(), FlushFileBuffers() or similar syscall should be
+   *   called twice for each commit. This is very expensive for performance,
+   *   but guaranteed durability even on unexpected system failure or power
+   *   outage. Of course, provided that the operating system and the
+   *   underlying hardware (e.g. disk) work correctly.
+   *
+   * TRADE-OFF:
+   * By skipping some stages described above, you can significantly benefit in
+   * speed, while partially or completely losing in the guarantee of data
+   * durability and/or consistency in the event of system or power failure.
+   * Moreover, if for any reason disk write order is not preserved, then at
+   * moment of a system crash, a meta-page with a pointer to the new B-tree may
+   * be written to disk, while the itself B-tree not yet. In that case, the
+   * database will be corrupted!
+   *
+   * \see MDBX_SYNC_DURABLE \see MDBX_NOMETASYNC \see MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC
+   * \see MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC
+   *
+   * @{ */
+
+  /** Default robust and durable sync mode.
+   *
+   * Metadata is written and flushed to disk after a data is written and
+   * flushed, which guarantees the integrity of the database in the event
+   * of a crash at any time.
+   *
+   * \attention Please do not use other modes until you have studied all the
+   * details and are sure. Otherwise, you may lose your users' data, as happens
+   * in [Miranda NG](https://www.miranda-ng.org/) messenger. */
+  MDBX_SYNC_DURABLE = 0,
+
+  /** Don't sync the meta-page after commit.
+   *
+   * Flush system buffers to disk only once per transaction commit, omit the
+   * metadata flush. Defer that until the system flushes files to disk,
+   * or next non-\ref MDBX_RDONLY commit or \ref mdbx_env_sync(). Depending on
+   * the platform and hardware, with \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC you may get a doubling
+   * of write performance.
+   *
+   * This trade-off maintains database integrity, but a system crash may
+   * undo the last committed transaction. I.e. it preserves the ACI
+   * (atomicity, consistency, isolation) but not D (durability) database
+   * property.
+   *
+   * `MDBX_NOMETASYNC` flag may be changed at any time using
+   * \ref mdbx_env_set_flags() or by passing to \ref mdbx_txn_begin() for
+   * particular write transaction. \see sync_modes */
+  MDBX_NOMETASYNC = UINT32_C(0x40000),
+
+  /** Don't sync anything but keep previous steady commits.
+   *
+   * Like \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC the `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` flag disable similarly
+   * flush system buffers to disk when committing a transaction. But there is a
+   * huge difference in how are recycled the MVCC snapshots corresponding to
+   * previous "steady" transactions (see below).
+   *
+   * With \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP the `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` instructs MDBX to use
+   * asynchronous mmap-flushes to disk. Asynchronous mmap-flushes means that
+   * actually all writes will scheduled and performed by operation system on it
+   * own manner, i.e. unordered. MDBX itself just notify operating system that
+   * it would be nice to write data to disk, but no more.
+   *
+   * Depending on the platform and hardware, with `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` you may get
+   * a multiple increase of write performance, even 10 times or more.
+   *
+   * In contrast to \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC mode, with `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` flag
+   * MDBX will keeps untouched pages within B-tree of the last transaction
+   * "steady" which was synced to disk completely. This has big implications for
+   * both data durability and (unfortunately) performance:
+   *  - a system crash can't corrupt the database, but you will lose the last
+   *    transactions; because MDBX will rollback to last steady commit since it
+   *    kept explicitly.
+   *  - the last steady transaction makes an effect similar to "long-lived" read
+   *    transaction (see above in the \ref restrictions section) since prevents
+   *    reuse of pages freed by newer write transactions, thus the any data
+   *    changes will be placed in newly allocated pages.
+   *  - to avoid rapid database growth, the system will sync data and issue
+   *    a steady commit-point to resume reuse pages, each time there is
+   *    insufficient space and before increasing the size of the file on disk.
+   *
+   * In other words, with `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` flag MDBX insures you from the
+   * whole database corruption, at the cost increasing database size and/or
+   * number of disk IOPs. So, `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` flag could be used with
+   * \ref mdbx_env_sync() as alternatively for batch committing or nested
+   * transaction (in some cases). As well, auto-sync feature exposed by
+   * \ref mdbx_env_set_syncbytes() and \ref mdbx_env_set_syncperiod() functions
+   * could be very useful with `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` flag.
+   *
+   * The number and volume of of disk IOPs with MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC flag will
+   * exactly the as without any no-sync flags. However, you should expect a
+   * larger process's [work set](https://bit.ly/2kA2tFX) and significantly worse
+   * a [locality of reference](https://bit.ly/2mbYq2J), due to the more
+   * intensive allocation of previously unused pages and increase the size of
+   * the database.
+   *
+   * `MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC` flag may be changed at any time using
+   * \ref mdbx_env_set_flags() or by passing to \ref mdbx_txn_begin() for
+   * particular write transaction. */
+  MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC = UINT32_C(0x10000),
+
+  /** \deprecated Please use \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC instead of `MDBX_MAPASYNC`.
+   *
+   * Since version 0.9.x the `MDBX_MAPASYNC` is deprecated and has the same
+   * effect as \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC with \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP. This just API
+   * simplification is for convenience and clarity. */
+  MDBX_MAPASYNC = MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC,
+
+  /** Don't sync anything and wipe previous steady commits.
+   *
+   * Don't flush system buffers to disk when committing a transaction. This
+   * optimization means a system crash can corrupt the database, if buffers are
+   * not yet flushed to disk. Depending on the platform and hardware, with
+   * `MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC` you may get a multiple increase of write performance,
+   * even 100 times or more.
+   *
+   * If the filesystem preserves write order (which is rare and never provided
+   * unless explicitly noted) and the \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP and \ref
+   * MDBX_LIFORECLAIM flags are not used, then a system crash can't corrupt the
+   * database, but you can lose the last transactions, if at least one buffer is
+   * not yet flushed to disk. The risk is governed by how often the system
+   * flushes dirty buffers to disk and how often \ref mdbx_env_sync() is called.
+   * So, transactions exhibit ACI (atomicity, consistency, isolation) properties
+   * and only lose `D` (durability). I.e. database integrity is maintained, but
+   * a system crash may undo the final transactions.
+   *
+   * Otherwise, if the filesystem not preserves write order (which is
+   * typically) or \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP or \ref MDBX_LIFORECLAIM flags are used,
+   * you should expect the corrupted database after a system crash.
+   *
+   * So, most important thing about `MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC`:
+   *  - a system crash immediately after commit the write transaction
+   *    high likely lead to database corruption.
+   *  - successful completion of mdbx_env_sync(force = true) after one or
+   *    more committed transactions guarantees consistency and durability.
+   *  - BUT by committing two or more transactions you back database into
+   *    a weak state, in which a system crash may lead to database corruption!
+   *    In case single transaction after mdbx_env_sync, you may lose transaction
+   *    itself, but not a whole database.
+   *
+   * Nevertheless, `MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC` provides "weak" durability in case
+   * of an application crash (but no durability on system failure), and
+   * therefore may be very useful in scenarios where data durability is
+   * not required over a system failure (e.g for short-lived data), or if you
+   * can take such risk.
+   *
+   * `MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC` flag may be changed at any time using
+   * \ref mdbx_env_set_flags(), but don't has effect if passed to
+   * \ref mdbx_txn_begin() for particular write transaction. \see sync_modes */
+  MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC = MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC | UINT32_C(0x100000),
+
+  /** @} end of SYNC MODES */
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_opening */
+typedef enum MDBX_env_flags_t MDBX_env_flags_t;
+#else
+DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(MDBX_env_flags_t)
+#endif
+
+/** Transaction flags
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ * \anchor txn_flags
+ * \see mdbx_txn_begin() \see mdbx_txn_flags() */
+enum MDBX_txn_flags_t {
+  /** Start read-write transaction.
+   *
+   * Only one write transaction may be active at a time. Writes are fully
+   * serialized, which guarantees that writers can never deadlock. */
+  MDBX_TXN_READWRITE = 0,
+
+  /** Start read-only transaction.
+   *
+   * There can be multiple read-only transactions simultaneously that do not
+   * block each other and a write transactions. */
+  MDBX_TXN_RDONLY = MDBX_RDONLY,
+
+/** Prepare but not start read-only transaction.
+ *
+ * Transaction will not be started immediately, but created transaction handle
+ * will be ready for use with \ref mdbx_txn_renew(). This flag allows to
+ * preallocate memory and assign a reader slot, thus avoiding these operations
+ * at the next start of the transaction. */
+#if CONSTEXPR_ENUM_FLAGS_OPERATIONS || defined(DOXYGEN)
+  MDBX_TXN_RDONLY_PREPARE = MDBX_RDONLY | MDBX_NOMEMINIT,
+#else
+  MDBX_TXN_RDONLY_PREPARE = uint32_t(MDBX_RDONLY) | uint32_t(MDBX_NOMEMINIT),
+#endif
+
+  /** Do not block when starting a write transaction. */
+  MDBX_TXN_TRY = UINT32_C(0x10000000),
+
+  /** Exactly the same as \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC,
+   * but for this transaction only */
+  MDBX_TXN_NOMETASYNC = MDBX_NOMETASYNC,
+
+  /** Exactly the same as \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC,
+   * but for this transaction only */
+  MDBX_TXN_NOSYNC = MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef enum MDBX_txn_flags_t MDBX_txn_flags_t;
+#else
+DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(MDBX_txn_flags_t)
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Database flags
+ * \ingroup c_dbi
+ * \anchor db_flags
+ * \see mdbx_dbi_open() */
+enum MDBX_db_flags_t {
+  MDBX_DB_DEFAULTS = 0,
+
+  /** Use reverse string keys */
+  MDBX_REVERSEKEY = UINT32_C(0x02),
+
+  /** Use sorted duplicates, i.e. allow multi-values */
+  MDBX_DUPSORT = UINT32_C(0x04),
+
+  /** Numeric keys in native byte order either uint32_t or uint64_t. The keys
+   * must all be of the same size and must be aligned while passing as
+   * arguments. */
+  MDBX_INTEGERKEY = UINT32_C(0x08),
+
+  /** With \ref MDBX_DUPSORT; sorted dup items have fixed size */
+  MDBX_DUPFIXED = UINT32_C(0x10),
+
+  /** With \ref MDBX_DUPSORT and with \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED; dups are fixed size
+   * \ref MDBX_INTEGERKEY -style integers. The data values must all be of the
+   * same size and must be aligned while passing as arguments. */
+  MDBX_INTEGERDUP = UINT32_C(0x20),
+
+  /** With \ref MDBX_DUPSORT; use reverse string comparison */
+  MDBX_REVERSEDUP = UINT32_C(0x40),
+
+  /** Create DB if not already existing */
+  MDBX_CREATE = UINT32_C(0x40000),
+
+  /** Opens an existing sub-database created with unknown flags.
+   *
+   * The `MDBX_DB_ACCEDE` flag is intend to open a existing sub-database which
+   * was created with unknown flags (\ref MDBX_REVERSEKEY, \ref MDBX_DUPSORT,
+   * \ref MDBX_INTEGERKEY, \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED, \ref MDBX_INTEGERDUP and
+   * \ref MDBX_REVERSEDUP).
+   *
+   * In such cases, instead of returning the \ref MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE error, the
+   * sub-database will be opened with flags which it was created, and then an
+   * application could determine the actual flags by \ref mdbx_dbi_flags(). */
+  MDBX_DB_ACCEDE = MDBX_ACCEDE
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_dbi */
+typedef enum MDBX_db_flags_t MDBX_db_flags_t;
+#else
+DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(MDBX_db_flags_t)
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Data changing flags
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ * \see mdbx_put() \see mdbx_cursor_put() \see mdbx_replace() */
+enum MDBX_put_flags_t {
+  /** Upsertion by default (without any other flags) */
+  MDBX_UPSERT = 0,
+
+  /** For insertion: Don't write if the key already exists. */
+  MDBX_NOOVERWRITE = UINT32_C(0x10),
+
+  /** Has effect only for \ref MDBX_DUPSORT databases.
+   * For upsertion: don't write if the key-value pair already exist.
+   * For deletion: remove all values for key. */
+  MDBX_NODUPDATA = UINT32_C(0x20),
+
+  /** For upsertion: overwrite the current key/data pair.
+   * MDBX allows this flag for \ref mdbx_put() for explicit overwrite/update
+   * without insertion.
+   * For deletion: remove only single entry at the current cursor position. */
+  MDBX_CURRENT = UINT32_C(0x40),
+
+  /** Has effect only for \ref MDBX_DUPSORT databases.
+   * For deletion: remove all multi-values (aka duplicates) for given key.
+   * For upsertion: replace all multi-values for given key with a new one. */
+  MDBX_ALLDUPS = UINT32_C(0x80),
+
+  /** For upsertion: Just reserve space for data, don't copy it.
+   * Return a pointer to the reserved space. */
+  MDBX_RESERVE = UINT32_C(0x10000),
+
+  /** Data is being appended.
+   * Don't split full pages, continue on a new instead. */
+  MDBX_APPEND = UINT32_C(0x20000),
+
+  /** Has effect only for \ref MDBX_DUPSORT databases.
+   * Duplicate data is being appended.
+   * Don't split full pages, continue on a new instead. */
+  MDBX_APPENDDUP = UINT32_C(0x40000),
+
+  /** Only for \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED.
+   * Store multiple data items in one call. */
+  MDBX_MULTIPLE = UINT32_C(0x80000)
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_crud */
+typedef enum MDBX_put_flags_t MDBX_put_flags_t;
+#else
+DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(MDBX_put_flags_t)
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Environment copy flags
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ * \see mdbx_env_copy() \see mdbx_env_copy2fd() */
+enum MDBX_copy_flags_t {
+  MDBX_CP_DEFAULTS = 0,
+
+  /** Copy with compactification: Omit free space from copy and renumber all
+   * pages sequentially */
+  MDBX_CP_COMPACT = 1u,
+
+  /** Force to make resizeable copy, i.e. dynamic size instead of fixed */
+  MDBX_CP_FORCE_DYNAMIC_SIZE = 2u
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_extra */
+typedef enum MDBX_copy_flags_t MDBX_copy_flags_t;
+#else
+DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(MDBX_copy_flags_t)
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Cursor operations
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ * This is the set of all operations for retrieving data using a cursor.
+ * \see mdbx_cursor_get() */
+enum MDBX_cursor_op {
+  /** Position at first key/data item */
+  MDBX_FIRST,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPSORT -only: Position at first data item of current key. */
+  MDBX_FIRST_DUP,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPSORT -only: Position at key/data pair. */
+  MDBX_GET_BOTH,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPSORT -only: Position at given key and at first data greater
+   * than or equal to specified data. */
+  MDBX_GET_BOTH_RANGE,
+
+  /** Return key/data at current cursor position */
+  MDBX_GET_CURRENT,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED -only: Return up to a page of duplicate data items
+   * from current cursor position. Move cursor to prepare
+   * for \ref MDBX_NEXT_MULTIPLE. */
+  MDBX_GET_MULTIPLE,
+
+  /** Position at last key/data item */
+  MDBX_LAST,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPSORT -only: Position at last data item of current key. */
+  MDBX_LAST_DUP,
+
+  /** Position at next data item */
+  MDBX_NEXT,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPSORT -only: Position at next data item of current key. */
+  MDBX_NEXT_DUP,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED -only: Return up to a page of duplicate data items
+   * from next cursor position. Move cursor to prepare
+   * for `MDBX_NEXT_MULTIPLE`. */
+  MDBX_NEXT_MULTIPLE,
+
+  /** Position at first data item of next key */
+  MDBX_NEXT_NODUP,
+
+  /** Position at previous data item */
+  MDBX_PREV,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPSORT -only: Position at previous data item of current key. */
+  MDBX_PREV_DUP,
+
+  /** Position at last data item of previous key */
+  MDBX_PREV_NODUP,
+
+  /** Position at specified key */
+  MDBX_SET,
+
+  /** Position at specified key, return both key and data */
+  MDBX_SET_KEY,
+
+  /** Position at first key greater than or equal to specified key. */
+  MDBX_SET_RANGE,
+
+  /** \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED -only: Position at previous page and return up to
+   * a page of duplicate data items. */
+  MDBX_PREV_MULTIPLE,
+
+  /** Position at first key-value pair greater than or equal to specified,
+   * return both key and data, and the return code depends on a exact match.
+   *
+   * For non DUPSORT-ed collections this work the same to \ref MDBX_SET_RANGE,
+   * but returns \ref MDBX_SUCCESS if key found exactly and
+   * \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE if greater key was found.
+   *
+   * For DUPSORT-ed a data value is taken into account for duplicates,
+   * i.e. for a pairs/tuples of a key and an each data value of duplicates.
+   * Returns \ref MDBX_SUCCESS if key-value pair found exactly and
+   * \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE if the next pair was returned. */
+  MDBX_SET_LOWERBOUND
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_cursors */
+typedef enum MDBX_cursor_op MDBX_cursor_op;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Errors and return codes
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ *
+ * BerkeleyDB uses -30800 to -30999, we'll go under them
+ * \see mdbx_strerror() \see mdbx_strerror_r() \see mdbx_liberr2str() */
+enum MDBX_error_t {
+  /** Successful result */
+  MDBX_SUCCESS = 0,
+
+  /** Alias for \ref MDBX_SUCCESS */
+  MDBX_RESULT_FALSE = MDBX_SUCCESS,
+
+  /** Successful result with special meaning or a flag */
+  MDBX_RESULT_TRUE = -1,
+
+  /** key/data pair already exists */
+  MDBX_KEYEXIST = -30799,
+
+  /** The first LMDB-compatible defined error code */
+  MDBX_FIRST_LMDB_ERRCODE = MDBX_KEYEXIST,
+
+  /** key/data pair not found (EOF) */
+  MDBX_NOTFOUND = -30798,
+
+  /** Requested page not found - this usually indicates corruption */
+  MDBX_PAGE_NOTFOUND = -30797,
+
+  /** Database is corrupted (page was wrong type and so on) */
+  MDBX_CORRUPTED = -30796,
+
+  /** Environment had fatal error,
+   * i.e. update of meta page failed and so on. */
+  MDBX_PANIC = -30795,
+
+  /** DB file version mismatch with libmdbx */
+  MDBX_VERSION_MISMATCH = -30794,
+
+  /** File is not a valid MDBX file */
+  MDBX_INVALID = -30793,
+
+  /** Environment mapsize reached */
+  MDBX_MAP_FULL = -30792,
+
+  /** Environment maxdbs reached */
+  MDBX_DBS_FULL = -30791,
+
+  /** Environment maxreaders reached */
+  MDBX_READERS_FULL = -30790,
+
+  /** Transaction has too many dirty pages, i.e transaction too big */
+  MDBX_TXN_FULL = -30788,
+
+  /** Cursor stack too deep - this usually indicates corruption,
+   * i.e branch-pages loop */
+  MDBX_CURSOR_FULL = -30787,
+
+  /** Page has not enough space - internal error */
+  MDBX_PAGE_FULL = -30786,
+
+  /** Database engine was unable to extend mapping, e.g. since address space
+   * is unavailable or busy. This can mean:
+   *  - Database size extended by other process beyond to environment mapsize
+   *    and engine was unable to extend mapping while starting read
+   *    transaction. Environment should be reopened to continue.
+   *  - Engine was unable to extend mapping during write transaction
+   *    or explicit call of \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry(). */
+  MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE = -30785,
+
+  /** Environment or database is not compatible with the requested operation
+   * or the specified flags. This can mean:
+   *  - The operation expects an \ref MDBX_DUPSORT / \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED
+   *    database.
+   *  - Opening a named DB when the unnamed DB has \ref MDBX_DUPSORT /
+   *    \ref MDBX_INTEGERKEY.
+   *  - Accessing a data record as a database, or vice versa.
+   *  - The database was dropped and recreated with different flags. */
+  MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE = -30784,
+
+  /** Invalid reuse of reader locktable slot,
+   * e.g. read-transaction already run for current thread */
+  MDBX_BAD_RSLOT = -30783,
+
+  /** Transaction is not valid for requested operation,
+   * e.g. had errored and be must aborted, has a child, or is invalid */
+  MDBX_BAD_TXN = -30782,
+
+  /** Invalid size or alignment of key or data for target database,
+   * either invalid subDB name */
+  MDBX_BAD_VALSIZE = -30781,
+
+  /** The specified DBI-handle is invalid
+   * or changed by another thread/transaction */
+  MDBX_BAD_DBI = -30780,
+
+  /** Unexpected internal error, transaction should be aborted */
+  MDBX_PROBLEM = -30779,
+
+  /** The last LMDB-compatible defined error code */
+  MDBX_LAST_LMDB_ERRCODE = MDBX_PROBLEM,
+
+  /** Another write transaction is running or environment is already used while
+   * opening with \ref MDBX_EXCLUSIVE flag */
+  MDBX_BUSY = -30778,
+
+  /** The first of MDBX-added error codes */
+  MDBX_FIRST_ADDED_ERRCODE = MDBX_BUSY,
+
+  /** The specified key has more than one associated value */
+  MDBX_EMULTIVAL = -30421,
+
+  /** Bad signature of a runtime object(s), this can mean:
+   *  - memory corruption or double-free;
+   *  - ABI version mismatch (rare case); */
+  MDBX_EBADSIGN = -30420,
+
+  /** Database should be recovered, but this could NOT be done for now
+   * since it opened in read-only mode */
+  MDBX_WANNA_RECOVERY = -30419,
+
+  /** The given key value is mismatched to the current cursor position */
+  MDBX_EKEYMISMATCH = -30418,
+
+  /** Database is too large for current system,
+   * e.g. could NOT be mapped into RAM. */
+  MDBX_TOO_LARGE = -30417,
+
+  /** A thread has attempted to use a not owned object,
+   * e.g. a transaction that started by another thread. */
+  MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH = -30416,
+
+  /** Overlapping read and write transactions for the current thread */
+  MDBX_TXN_OVERLAPPING = -30415,
+
+  /* The last of MDBX-added error codes */
+  MDBX_LAST_ADDED_ERRCODE = MDBX_TXN_OVERLAPPING,
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+  MDBX_ENODATA = ERROR_HANDLE_EOF,
+  MDBX_EINVAL = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER,
+  MDBX_EACCESS = ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED,
+  MDBX_ENOMEM = ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY,
+  MDBX_EROFS = ERROR_FILE_READ_ONLY,
+  MDBX_ENOSYS = ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+  MDBX_EIO = ERROR_WRITE_FAULT,
+  MDBX_EPERM = ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION,
+  MDBX_EINTR = ERROR_CANCELLED,
+  MDBX_ENOFILE = ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND,
+  MDBX_EREMOTE = ERROR_REMOTE_STORAGE_MEDIA_ERROR
+#else /* Windows */
+#ifdef ENODATA
+  MDBX_ENODATA = ENODATA,
+#else
+  MDBX_ENODATA = -1,
+#endif /* ENODATA */
+  MDBX_EINVAL = EINVAL,
+  MDBX_EACCESS = EACCES,
+  MDBX_ENOMEM = ENOMEM,
+  MDBX_EROFS = EROFS,
+  MDBX_ENOSYS = ENOSYS,
+  MDBX_EIO = EIO,
+  MDBX_EPERM = EPERM,
+  MDBX_EINTR = EINTR,
+  MDBX_ENOFILE = ENOENT,
+  MDBX_EREMOTE = ENOTBLK
+#endif /* !Windows */
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_err */
+typedef enum MDBX_error_t MDBX_error_t;
+#endif
+
+/** MDBX_MAP_RESIZED
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ * \deprecated Please review your code to use MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE
+ * instead. */
+MDBX_DEPRECATED static __inline int MDBX_MAP_RESIZED_is_deprecated() {
+  return MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE;
+}
+#define MDBX_MAP_RESIZED MDBX_MAP_RESIZED_is_deprecated()
+
+/** \brief Return a string describing a given error code.
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ *
+ * This function is a superset of the ANSI C X3.159-1989 (ANSI C) `strerror()`
+ * function. If the error code is greater than or equal to 0, then the string
+ * returned by the system function `strerror()` is returned. If the error code
+ * is less than 0, an error string corresponding to the MDBX library error is
+ * returned. See errors for a list of MDBX-specific error codes.
+ *
+ * `mdbx_strerror()` is NOT thread-safe because may share common internal buffer
+ * for system messages. The returned string must NOT be modified by the
+ * application, but MAY be modified by a subsequent call to
+ * \ref mdbx_strerror(), `strerror()` and other related functions.
+ * \see mdbx_strerror_r()
+ *
+ * \param [in] errnum  The error code.
+ *
+ * \returns "error message" The description of the error. */
+LIBMDBX_API const char *mdbx_strerror(int errnum);
+
+/** \brief Return a string describing a given error code.
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ *
+ * This function is a superset of the ANSI C X3.159-1989 (ANSI C) `strerror()`
+ * function. If the error code is greater than or equal to 0, then the string
+ * returned by the system function `strerror()` is returned. If the error code
+ * is less than 0, an error string corresponding to the MDBX library error is
+ * returned. See errors for a list of MDBX-specific error codes.
+ *
+ * `mdbx_strerror_r()` is thread-safe since uses user-supplied buffer where
+ * appropriate. The returned string must NOT be modified by the application,
+ * since it may be pointer to internal constant string. However, there is no
+ * restriction if the returned string points to the supplied buffer.
+ * \see mdbx_strerror()
+ *
+ * mdbx_liberr2str() returns string describing only MDBX error numbers but NULL
+ * for non-MDBX error codes. This function is thread-safe since return pointer
+ * to constant non-localized strings.
+ *
+ * \param [in] errnum  The error code.
+ * \param [in,out] buf Buffer to store the error message.
+ * \param [in] buflen The size of buffer to store the message.
+ *
+ * \returns "error message" The description of the error. */
+LIBMDBX_API const char *mdbx_strerror_r(int errnum, char *buf, size_t buflen);
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API const char *mdbx_liberr2str(int errnum);
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64) || defined(DOXYGEN)
+/** Bit of Windows' madness. The similar to \ref mdbx_strerror() but returns
+ * Windows error-messages in the OEM-encoding for console utilities.
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ * \see mdbx_strerror_r_ANSI2OEM() */
+LIBMDBX_API const char *mdbx_strerror_ANSI2OEM(int errnum);
+
+/** Bit of Windows' madness. The similar to \ref mdbx_strerror_r() but returns
+ * Windows error-messages in the OEM-encoding for console utilities.
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ * \see mdbx_strerror_ANSI2OEM() */
+LIBMDBX_API const char *mdbx_strerror_r_ANSI2OEM(int errnum, char *buf,
+                                                 size_t buflen);
+#endif /* Bit of Windows' madness */
+
+/** \brief Create an MDBX environment instance.
+ * \ingroup c_opening
+ *
+ * This function allocates memory for a \ref MDBX_env structure. To release
+ * the allocated memory and discard the handle, call \ref mdbx_env_close().
+ * Before the handle may be used, it must be opened using \ref mdbx_env_open().
+ *
+ * Various other options may also need to be set before opening the handle,
+ * e.g. \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry(), \ref mdbx_env_set_maxreaders(),
+ * \ref mdbx_env_set_maxdbs(), depending on usage requirements.
+ *
+ * \param [out] penv  The address where the new handle will be stored.
+ *
+ * \returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_create(MDBX_env **penv);
+
+/** \brief MDBX environment options. */
+enum MDBX_option_t {
+  /** \brief Controls the maximum number of named databases for the environment.
+   *
+   * \details By default only unnamed key-value database could used and
+   * appropriate value should set by `MDBX_opt_max_db` to using any more named
+   * subDB(s). To reduce overhead, use the minimum sufficient value. This option
+   * may only set after \ref mdbx_env_create() and before \ref mdbx_env_open().
+   *
+   * \see mdbx_env_set_maxdbs() \see mdbx_env_get_maxdbs() */
+  MDBX_opt_max_db,
+
+  /** \brief Defines the maximum number of threads/reader slots
+   * for all processes interacting with the database.
+   *
+   * \details This defines the number of slots in the lock table that is used to
+   * track readers in the the environment. The default is about 100 for 4K
+   * system page size. Starting a read-only transaction normally ties a lock
+   * table slot to the current thread until the environment closes or the thread
+   * exits. If \ref MDBX_NOTLS is in use, \ref mdbx_txn_begin() instead ties the
+   * slot to the \ref MDBX_txn object until it or the \ref MDBX_env object is
+   * destroyed. This option may only set after \ref mdbx_env_create() and before
+   * \ref mdbx_env_open(), and has an effect only when the database is opened by
+   * the first process interacts with the database.
+   *
+   * \see mdbx_env_set_maxreaders() \see mdbx_env_get_maxreaders() */
+  MDBX_opt_max_readers,
+
+  /** \brief Controls interprocess/shared threshold to force flush the data
+   * buffers to disk, if \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC is used.
+   *
+   * \see mdbx_env_set_syncbytes() \see mdbx_env_get_syncbytes() */
+  MDBX_opt_sync_bytes,
+
+  /** \brief Controls interprocess/shared relative period since the last
+   * unsteady commit to force flush the data buffers to disk,
+   * if \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC is used.
+   * \see mdbx_env_set_syncperiod() \see mdbx_env_get_syncperiod() */
+  MDBX_opt_sync_period,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process limit to grow a list of reclaimed/recycled
+   * page's numbers for finding a sequence of contiguous pages for large data
+   * items.
+   *
+   * \details A long values requires allocation of contiguous database pages.
+   * To find such sequences, it may be necessary to accumulate very large lists,
+   * especially when placing very long values (more than a megabyte) in a large
+   * databases (several tens of gigabytes), which is much expensive in extreme
+   * cases. This threshold allows you to avoid such costs by allocating new
+   * pages at the end of the database (with its possible growth on disk),
+   * instead of further accumulating/reclaiming Garbage Collection records.
+   *
+   * On the other hand, too small threshold will lead to unreasonable database
+   * growth, or/and to the inability of put long values.
+   *
+   * The `MDBX_opt_rp_augment_limit` controls described limit for the current
+   * process. Default is 262144, it is usually enough for most cases. */
+  MDBX_opt_rp_augment_limit,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process limit to grow a cache of dirty
+   * pages for reuse in the current transaction.
+   *
+   * \details A 'dirty page' refers to a page that has been updated in memory
+   * only, the changes to a dirty page are not yet stored on disk.
+   * To reduce overhead, it is reasonable to release not all such pages
+   * immediately, but to leave some ones in cache for reuse in the current
+   * transaction.
+   *
+   * The `MDBX_opt_loose_limit` allows you to set a limit for such cache inside
+   * the current process. Should be in the range 0..255, default is 64. */
+  MDBX_opt_loose_limit,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process limit of a pre-allocated memory items
+   * for dirty pages.
+   *
+   * \details A 'dirty page' refers to a page that has been updated in memory
+   * only, the changes to a dirty page are not yet stored on disk.
+   * Without \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP dirty pages are allocated from memory and
+   * released when a transaction is committed. To reduce overhead, it is
+   * reasonable to release not all ones, but to leave some allocations in
+   * reserve for reuse in the next transaction(s).
+   *
+   * The `MDBX_opt_dp_reserve_limit` allows you to set a limit for such reserve
+   * inside the current process. Default is 1024. */
+  MDBX_opt_dp_reserve_limit,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process limit of dirty pages
+   * for a write transaction.
+   *
+   * \details A 'dirty page' refers to a page that has been updated in memory
+   * only, the changes to a dirty page are not yet stored on disk.
+   * Without \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP dirty pages are allocated from memory and will
+   * be busy until are written to disk. Therefore for a large transactions is
+   * reasonable to limit dirty pages collecting above an some threshold but
+   * spill to disk instead.
+   *
+   * The `MDBX_opt_txn_dp_limit` controls described threshold for the current
+   * process. Default is 65536, it is usually enough for most cases. */
+  MDBX_opt_txn_dp_limit,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process initial allocation size for dirty pages
+   * list of a write transaction. Default is 1024. */
+  MDBX_opt_txn_dp_initial,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process how maximal part of the dirty pages may be
+   * spilled when necessary.
+   *
+   * \details The `MDBX_opt_spill_max_denominator` defines the denominator for
+   * limiting from the top for part of the current dirty pages may be spilled
+   * when the free room for a new dirty pages (i.e. distance to the
+   * `MDBX_opt_txn_dp_limit` threshold) is not enough to perform requested
+   * operation.
+   * Exactly `max_pages_to_spill = dirty_pages - dirty_pages / N`,
+   * where `N` is the value set by `MDBX_opt_spill_max_denominator`.
+   *
+   * Should be in the range 0..255, where zero means no limit, i.e. all dirty
+   * pages could be spilled. Default is 8, i.e. no more than 7/8 of the current
+   * dirty pages may be spilled when reached the condition described above. */
+  MDBX_opt_spill_max_denominator,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process how minimal part of the dirty pages should
+   * be spilled when necessary.
+   *
+   * \details The `MDBX_opt_spill_min_denominator` defines the denominator for
+   * limiting from the bottom for part of the current dirty pages should be
+   * spilled when the free room for a new dirty pages (i.e. distance to the
+   * `MDBX_opt_txn_dp_limit` threshold) is not enough to perform requested
+   * operation.
+   * Exactly `min_pages_to_spill = dirty_pages / N`,
+   * where `N` is the value set by `MDBX_opt_spill_min_denominator`.
+   *
+   * Should be in the range 0..255, where zero means no restriction at the
+   * bottom. Default is 8, i.e. at least the 1/8 of the current dirty pages
+   * should be spilled when reached the condition described above. */
+  MDBX_opt_spill_min_denominator,
+
+  /** \brief Controls the in-process how much of the parent transaction dirty
+   * pages will be spilled while start each child transaction.
+   *
+   * \details The `MDBX_opt_spill_parent4child_denominator` defines the
+   * denominator to determine how much of parent transaction dirty pages will be
+   * spilled explicitly while start each child transaction.
+   * Exactly `pages_to_spill = dirty_pages / N`,
+   * where `N` is the value set by `MDBX_opt_spill_parent4child_denominator`.
+   *
+   * For a stack of nested transactions each dirty page could be spilled only
+   * once, and parent's dirty pages couldn't be spilled while child
+   * transaction(s) are running. Therefore a child transaction could reach
+   * \ref MDBX_TXN_FULL when parent(s) transaction has  spilled too less (and
+   * child reach the limit of dirty pages), either when parent(s) has spilled
+   * too more (since child can't spill already spilled pages). So there is no
+   * universal golden ratio.
+   *
+   * Should be in the range 0..255, where zero means no explicit spilling will
+   * be performed during starting nested transactions.
+   * Default is 0, i.e. by default no spilling performed during starting nested
+   * transactions, that correspond historically behaviour. */
+  MDBX_opt_spill_parent4child_denominator,
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_settings */
+typedef enum MDBX_option_t MDBX_option_t;
+#endif
+
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_set_option(MDBX_env *env, const MDBX_option_t option,
+                                    const uint64_t value);
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_get_option(const MDBX_env *env,
+                                    const MDBX_option_t option,
+                                    uint64_t *value);
+
+/** \brief Open an environment instance.
+ * \ingroup c_opening
+ *
+ * Indifferently this function will fails or not, the \ref mdbx_env_close() must
+ * be called later to discard the \ref MDBX_env handle and release associated
+ * resources.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env       An environment handle returned
+ *                       by \ref mdbx_env_create()
+ *
+ * \param [in] pathname  The pathname for the database or the directory in which
+ *                       the database files reside. In the case of directory it
+ *                       must already exist and be writable.
+ *
+ * \param [in] flags     Special options for this environment. This parameter
+ *                       must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one
+ *                       or more of the values described above in the
+ *                       \ref env_flags and \ref sync_modes sections.
+ *
+ * Flags set by mdbx_env_set_flags() are also used:
+ *  - \ref MDBX_NOSUBDIR, \ref MDBX_RDONLY, \ref MDBX_EXCLUSIVE,
+ *    \ref MDBX_WRITEMAP, \ref MDBX_NOTLS, \ref MDBX_NORDAHEAD,
+ *    \ref MDBX_NOMEMINIT, \ref MDBX_COALESCE, \ref MDBX_LIFORECLAIM.
+ *    See \ref env_flags section.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC, \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC, \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC.
+ *    See \ref sync_modes section.
+ *
+ * \note `MDB_NOLOCK` flag don't supported by MDBX,
+ *       try use \ref MDBX_EXCLUSIVE as a replacement.
+ *
+ * \note MDBX don't allow to mix processes with different \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC
+ *       flags on the same environment.
+ *       In such case \ref MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE will be returned.
+ *
+ * If the database is already exist and parameters specified early by
+ * \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry() are incompatible (i.e. for instance, different
+ * page size) then \ref mdbx_env_open() will return \ref MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE
+ * error.
+ *
+ * \param [in] mode   The UNIX permissions to set on created files.
+ *                    Zero value means to open existing, but do not create.
+ *
+ * \return A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *         some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_VERSION_MISMATCH The version of the MDBX library doesn't match
+ *                            the version that created the database environment.
+ * \retval MDBX_INVALID       The environment file headers are corrupted.
+ * \retval MDBX_ENOENT        The directory specified by the path parameter
+ *                            doesn't exist.
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES        The user didn't have permission to access
+ *                            the environment files.
+ * \retval MDBX_EAGAIN        The environment was locked by another process.
+ * \retval MDBX_BUSY          The \ref MDBX_EXCLUSIVE flag was specified and the
+ *                            environment is in use by another process,
+ *                            or the current process tries to open environment
+ *                            more than once.
+ * \retval MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE  Environment is already opened by another process,
+ *                            but with different set of \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC,
+ *                            \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC flags.
+ *                            Or if the database is already exist and parameters
+ *                            specified early by \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry()
+ *                            are incompatible (i.e. different pagesize, etc).
+ *
+ * \retval MDBX_WANNA_RECOVERY The \ref MDBX_RDONLY flag was specified but
+ *                             read-write access is required to rollback
+ *                             inconsistent state after a system crash.
+ *
+ * \retval MDBX_TOO_LARGE      Database is too large for this process,
+ *                             i.e. 32-bit process tries to open >4Gb database.
+ */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_open(MDBX_env *env, const char *pathname,
+                              MDBX_env_flags_t flags, mdbx_mode_t mode);
+
+/** \brief Deletion modes for \ref mdbx_env_delete().
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ * \see mdbx_env_delete() */
+enum MDBX_env_delete_mode_t {
+  /** \brief Just delete the environment's files and directory if any.
+   * \note On POSIX systems, processes already working with the database will
+   * continue to work without interference until it close the environment.
+   * \note On Windows, the behavior of `MDB_ENV_JUST_DELETE` is different
+   * because the system does not support deleting files that are currently
+   * memory mapped. */
+  MDBX_ENV_JUST_DELETE = 0,
+  /** \brief Make sure that the environment is not being used by other
+   * processes, or return an error otherwise. */
+  MDBX_ENV_ENSURE_UNUSED = 1,
+  /** \brief Wait until other processes closes the environment before deletion.
+   */
+  MDBX_ENV_WAIT_FOR_UNUSED = 2,
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_extra */
+typedef enum MDBX_env_delete_mode_t MDBX_env_delete_mode_t;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Delete the environment's files in a proper and multiprocess-safe way.
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * \param [in] pathname  The pathname for the database or the directory in which
+ *                       the database files reside.
+ *
+ * \param [in] mode      Special deletion mode for the environment. This
+ *                       parameter must be set to one of the values described
+ *                       above in the \ref MDBX_env_delete_mode_t section.
+ *
+ * \note The \ref MDBX_ENV_JUST_DELETE don't supported on Windows since system
+ * unable to delete a memory-mapped files.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE   No corresponding files or directories were found,
+ *                            so no deletion was performed. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_delete(const char *pathname,
+                                MDBX_env_delete_mode_t mode);
+
+/** \brief Copy an MDBX environment to the specified path, with options.
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * This function may be used to make a backup of an existing environment.
+ * No lockfile is created, since it gets recreated at need.
+ * \note This call can trigger significant file size growth if run in
+ * parallel with write transactions, because it employs a read-only
+ * transaction. See long-lived transactions under \ref restrictions section.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env    An environment handle returned by mdbx_env_create().
+ *                    It must have already been opened successfully.
+ * \param [in] dest   The pathname of a file in which the copy will reside.
+ *                    This file must not be already exist, but parent directory
+ *                    must be writable.
+ * \param [in] flags  Special options for this operation. This parameter must
+ *                    be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or more
+ *                    of the values described here:
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CP_COMPACT
+ *      Perform compaction while copying: omit free pages and sequentially
+ *      renumber all pages in output. This option consumes little bit more
+ *      CPU for processing, but may running quickly than the default, on
+ *      account skipping free pages.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CP_FORCE_DYNAMIC_SIZE
+ *      Force to make resizeable copy, i.e. dynamic size instead of fixed.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_copy(MDBX_env *env, const char *dest,
+                              MDBX_copy_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Copy an environment to the specified file descriptor, with
+ * options. \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * This function may be used to make a backup of an existing environment.
+ * No lockfile is created, since it gets recreated at need.
+ * \see mdbx_env_copy()
+ *
+ * \note This call can trigger significant file size growth if run in
+ *       parallel with write transactions, because it employs a read-only
+ *       transaction. See long-lived transactions under \ref restrictions
+ *       section.
+ *
+ * \note Fails if the environment has suffered a page leak and the destination
+ *       file descriptor is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by mdbx_env_create().
+ *                     It must have already been opened successfully.
+ * \param [in] fd      The file descriptor to write the copy to. It must have
+ *                     already been opened for Write access.
+ * \param [in] flags   Special options for this operation. \see mdbx_env_copy()
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_copy2fd(MDBX_env *env, mdbx_filehandle_t fd,
+                                 MDBX_copy_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Statistics for a database in the environment
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_env_stat_ex() \see mdbx_dbi_stat() */
+struct MDBX_stat {
+  uint32_t ms_psize; /**< Size of a database page. This is the same for all
+                        databases. */
+  uint32_t ms_depth; /**< Depth (height) of the B-tree */
+  uint64_t ms_branch_pages;   /**< Number of internal (non-leaf) pages */
+  uint64_t ms_leaf_pages;     /**< Number of leaf pages */
+  uint64_t ms_overflow_pages; /**< Number of overflow pages */
+  uint64_t ms_entries;        /**< Number of data items */
+  uint64_t ms_mod_txnid; /**< Transaction ID of committed last modification */
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_statinfo */
+typedef struct MDBX_stat MDBX_stat;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Return statistics about the MDBX environment.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * At least one of env or txn argument must be non-null. If txn is passed
+ * non-null then stat will be filled accordingly to the given transaction.
+ * Otherwise, if txn is null, then stat will be populated by a snapshot from
+ * the last committed write transaction, and at next time, other information
+ * can be returned.
+ *
+ * Legacy mdbx_env_stat() correspond to calling \ref mdbx_env_stat_ex() with the
+ * null `txn` argument.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create()
+ * \param [in] txn     A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin()
+ * \param [out] stat   The address of an \ref MDBX_stat structure where
+ *                     the statistics will be copied
+ * \param [in] bytes   The size of \ref MDBX_stat.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_stat_ex(const MDBX_env *env, const MDBX_txn *txn,
+                                 MDBX_stat *stat, size_t bytes);
+
+/** \brief Return statistics about the MDBX environment.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \deprecated Please use mdbx_env_stat_ex() instead. */
+MDBX_DEPRECATED LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_stat,
+                                   (const MDBX_env *env, MDBX_stat *stat,
+                                    size_t bytes)) {
+  return mdbx_env_stat_ex(env, NULL, stat, bytes);
+}
+
+/** \brief Information about the environment
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_env_info_ex() */
+struct MDBX_envinfo {
+  struct {
+    uint64_t lower;   /**< Lower limit for datafile size */
+    uint64_t upper;   /**< Upper limit for datafile size */
+    uint64_t current; /**< Current datafile size */
+    uint64_t shrink;  /**< Shrink threshold for datafile */
+    uint64_t grow;    /**< Growth step for datafile */
+  } mi_geo;
+  uint64_t mi_mapsize;             /**< Size of the data memory map */
+  uint64_t mi_last_pgno;           /**< Number of the last used page */
+  uint64_t mi_recent_txnid;        /**< ID of the last committed transaction */
+  uint64_t mi_latter_reader_txnid; /**< ID of the last reader transaction */
+  uint64_t mi_self_latter_reader_txnid; /**< ID of the last reader transaction
+                                           of caller process */
+  uint64_t mi_meta0_txnid, mi_meta0_sign;
+  uint64_t mi_meta1_txnid, mi_meta1_sign;
+  uint64_t mi_meta2_txnid, mi_meta2_sign;
+  uint32_t mi_maxreaders;   /**< Total reader slots in the environment */
+  uint32_t mi_numreaders;   /**< Max reader slots used in the environment */
+  uint32_t mi_dxb_pagesize; /**< Database pagesize */
+  uint32_t mi_sys_pagesize; /**< System pagesize */
+
+  /** \brief A mostly unique ID that is regenerated on each boot.
+
+   As such it can be used to identify the local machine's current boot. MDBX
+   uses such when open the database to determine whether rollback required to
+   the last steady sync point or not. I.e. if current bootid is differ from the
+   value within a database then the system was rebooted and all changes since
+   last steady sync must be reverted for data integrity. Zeros mean that no
+   relevant information is available from the system. */
+  struct {
+    struct {
+      uint64_t x, y;
+    } current, meta0, meta1, meta2;
+  } mi_bootid;
+
+  /** Bytes not explicitly synchronized to disk */
+  uint64_t mi_unsync_volume;
+  /** Current auto-sync threshold, see \ref mdbx_env_set_syncbytes(). */
+  uint64_t mi_autosync_threshold;
+  /** Time since the last steady sync in 1/65536 of second */
+  uint32_t mi_since_sync_seconds16dot16;
+  /** Current auto-sync period in 1/65536 of second,
+   * see \ref mdbx_env_set_syncperiod(). */
+  uint32_t mi_autosync_period_seconds16dot16;
+  /** Time since the last readers check in 1/65536 of second,
+   * see \ref mdbx_reader_check(). */
+  uint32_t mi_since_reader_check_seconds16dot16;
+  /** Current environment mode.
+   * The same as \ref mdbx_env_get_flags() returns. */
+  uint32_t mi_mode;
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_statinfo */
+typedef struct MDBX_envinfo MDBX_envinfo;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Return information about the MDBX environment.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * At least one of env or txn argument must be non-null. If txn is passed
+ * non-null then stat will be filled accordingly to the given transaction.
+ * Otherwise, if txn is null, then stat will be populated by a snapshot from
+ * the last committed write transaction, and at next time, other information
+ * can be returned.
+ *
+ * Legacy \ref mdbx_env_info() correspond to calling \ref mdbx_env_info_ex()
+ * with the null `txn` argument.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create()
+ * \param [in] txn     A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin()
+ * \param [out] info   The address of an \ref MDBX_envinfo structure
+ *                     where the information will be copied
+ * \param [in] bytes   The size of \ref MDBX_envinfo.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_info_ex(const MDBX_env *env, const MDBX_txn *txn,
+                                 MDBX_envinfo *info, size_t bytes);
+/** \brief Return information about the MDBX environment.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \deprecated Please use mdbx_env_info_ex() instead. */
+MDBX_DEPRECATED LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_info,
+                                   (const MDBX_env *env, MDBX_envinfo *info,
+                                    size_t bytes)) {
+  return mdbx_env_info_ex(env, NULL, info, bytes);
+}
+
+/** \brief Flush the environment data buffers to disk.
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * Unless the environment was opened with no-sync flags (\ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC,
+ * \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC and \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC), then
+ * data is always written an flushed to disk when \ref mdbx_txn_commit() is
+ * called. Otherwise \ref mdbx_env_sync() may be called to manually write and
+ * flush unsynced data to disk.
+ *
+ * Besides, \ref mdbx_env_sync_ex() with argument `force=false` may be used to
+ * provide polling mode for lazy/asynchronous sync in conjunction with
+ * \ref mdbx_env_set_syncbytes() and/or \ref mdbx_env_set_syncperiod().
+ *
+ * \note This call is not valid if the environment was opened with MDBX_RDONLY.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env      An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create()
+ * \param [in] force    If non-zero, force a flush. Otherwise, If force is
+ *                      zero, then will run in polling mode,
+ *                      i.e. it will check the thresholds that were
+ *                      set \ref mdbx_env_set_syncbytes()
+ *                      and/or \ref mdbx_env_set_syncperiod() and perform flush
+ *                      if at least one of the thresholds is reached.
+ *
+ * \param [in] nonblock Don't wait if write transaction
+ *                      is running by other thread.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE or 0 on
+ *     success. The \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE means no data pending for flush
+ *     to disk, and 0 otherwise. Some possible errors are:
+ *
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES   the environment is read-only.
+ * \retval MDBX_BUSY     the environment is used by other thread
+ *                       and `nonblock=true`.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   an invalid parameter was specified.
+ * \retval MDBX_EIO      an error occurred during synchronization. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_sync_ex(MDBX_env *env, bool force, bool nonblock);
+
+/** \brief The shortcut to calling \ref mdbx_env_sync_ex() with
+ * the `force=true` and `nonblock=false` arguments.
+ * \ingroup c_extra */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_sync, (MDBX_env * env)) {
+  return mdbx_env_sync_ex(env, true, false);
+}
+
+/** \brief The shortcut to calling \ref mdbx_env_sync_ex() with
+ * the `force=false` and `nonblock=true` arguments.
+ * \ingroup c_extra */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_sync_poll, (MDBX_env * env)) {
+  return mdbx_env_sync_ex(env, false, true);
+}
+
+/** \brief Sets threshold to force flush the data buffers to disk, even any of
+ * \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC flag in the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_settings
+ *
+ * The threshold value affects all processes which operates with given
+ * environment until the last process close environment or a new value will be
+ * settled.
+ *
+ * Data is always written to disk when \ref mdbx_txn_commit() is called, but
+ * the operating system may keep it buffered. MDBX always flushes the OS buffers
+ * upon commit as well, unless the environment was opened with
+ * \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC, \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC
+ * or in part \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC.
+ *
+ * The default is 0, than mean no any threshold checked, and no additional
+ * flush will be made.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env         An environment handle returned by mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] threshold   The size in bytes of summary changes when
+ *                         a synchronous flush would be made.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_set_syncbytes,
+                   (MDBX_env * env, size_t threshold)) {
+  return mdbx_env_set_option(env, MDBX_opt_sync_bytes, threshold);
+}
+
+/** \brief Sets relative period since the last unsteady commit to force flush
+ * the data buffers to disk, even of \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC flag in the
+ * environment.
+ *
+ * \ingroup c_settings
+ *
+ * The relative period value affects all processes which operates with given
+ * environment until the last process close environment or a new value will be
+ * settled.
+ *
+ * Data is always written to disk when \ref mdbx_txn_commit() is called, but the
+ * operating system may keep it buffered. MDBX always flushes the OS buffers
+ * upon commit as well, unless the environment was opened with
+ * \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC or in part \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC.
+ *
+ * Settled period don't checked asynchronously, but only by the
+ * \ref mdbx_txn_commit() and \ref mdbx_env_sync() functions. Therefore, in
+ * cases where transactions are committed infrequently and/or irregularly,
+ * polling by \ref mdbx_env_sync() may be a reasonable solution to timeout
+ * enforcement.
+ *
+ * The default is 0, than mean no any timeout checked, and no additional
+ * flush will be made.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] seconds_16dot16  The period in 1/65536 of second when
+ *                              a synchronous flush would be made since
+ *                              the last unsteady commit.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_set_syncperiod,
+                   (MDBX_env * env, unsigned seconds_16dot16)) {
+  return mdbx_env_set_option(env, MDBX_opt_sync_period, seconds_16dot16);
+}
+
+/** \brief Close the environment and release the memory map.
+ * \ingroup c_opening
+ *
+ * Only a single thread may call this function. All transactions, databases,
+ * and cursors must already be closed before calling this function. Attempts
+ * to use any such handles after calling this function will cause a `SIGSEGV`.
+ * The environment handle will be freed and must not be used again after this
+ * call.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env        An environment handle returned by
+ *                        \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ *
+ * \param [in] dont_sync  A dont'sync flag, if non-zero the last checkpoint
+ *                        will be kept "as is" and may be still "weak" in the
+ *                        \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC or \ref MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC
+ *                        modes. Such "weak" checkpoint will be ignored on
+ *                        opening next time, and transactions since the last
+ *                        non-weak checkpoint (meta-page update) will rolledback
+ *                        for consistency guarantee.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_BUSY   The write transaction is running by other thread,
+ *                     in such case \ref MDBX_env instance has NOT be destroyed
+ *                     not released!
+ *                     \note If any OTHER error code was returned then
+ *                     given MDBX_env instance has been destroyed and released.
+ *
+ * \retval MDBX_EBADSIGN  Environment handle already closed or not valid,
+ *                        i.e. \ref mdbx_env_close() was already called for the
+ *                        `env` or was not created by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ *
+ * \retval MDBX_PANIC  If \ref mdbx_env_close_ex() was called in the child
+ *                     process after `fork()`. In this case \ref MDBX_PANIC
+ *                     is expected, i.e. \ref MDBX_env instance was freed in
+ *                     proper manner.
+ *
+ * \retval MDBX_EIO    An error occurred during synchronization. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_close_ex(MDBX_env *env, bool dont_sync);
+
+/** \brief The shortcut to calling \ref mdbx_env_close_ex() with
+ * the `dont_sync=false` argument.
+ * \ingroup c_opening */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_close, (MDBX_env * env)) {
+  return mdbx_env_close_ex(env, false);
+}
+
+/** \brief Set environment flags.
+ * \ingroup c_settings
+ *
+ * This may be used to set some flags in addition to those from
+ * mdbx_env_open(), or to unset these flags.
+ * \see mdbx_env_get_flags()
+ *
+ * \note In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX serialize threads via mutex while
+ * changing the flags. Therefore this function will be blocked while a write
+ * transaction running by other thread, or \ref MDBX_BUSY will be returned if
+ * function called within a write transaction.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env      An environment handle returned
+ *                      by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] flags    The \ref env_flags to change, bitwise OR'ed together.
+ * \param [in] onoff    A non-zero value sets the flags, zero clears them.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL  An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_set_flags(MDBX_env *env, MDBX_env_flags_t flags,
+                                   bool onoff);
+
+/** \brief Get environment flags.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_env_set_flags()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [out] flags  The address of an integer to store the flags.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_get_flags(const MDBX_env *env, unsigned *flags);
+
+/** \brief Return the path that was used in mdbx_env_open().
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create()
+ * \param [out] dest   Address of a string pointer to contain the path.
+ *                     This is the actual string in the environment, not a
+ *                     copy. It should not be altered in any way.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL  An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_get_path(const MDBX_env *env, const char **dest);
+
+/** \brief Return the file descriptor for the given environment.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \note All MDBX file descriptors have `FD_CLOEXEC` and
+ *       couldn't be used after exec() and or `fork()`.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [out] fd   Address of a int to contain the descriptor.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL  An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_get_fd(const MDBX_env *env, mdbx_filehandle_t *fd);
+
+/** \brief Set all size-related parameters of environment, including page size
+ * and the min/max size of the memory map. \ingroup c_settings
+ *
+ * In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX provide automatic size management of an
+ * database according the given parameters, including shrinking and resizing
+ * on the fly. From user point of view all of these just working. Nevertheless,
+ * it is reasonable to know some details in order to make optimal decisions
+ * when choosing parameters.
+ *
+ * Both \ref mdbx_env_info_ex() and legacy \ref mdbx_env_info() are inapplicable
+ * to read-only opened environment.
+ *
+ * Both \ref mdbx_env_info_ex() and legacy \ref mdbx_env_info() could be called
+ * either before or after \ref mdbx_env_open(), either within the write
+ * transaction running by current thread or not:
+ *
+ *  - In case \ref mdbx_env_info_ex() or legacy \ref mdbx_env_info() was called
+ *    BEFORE \ref mdbx_env_open(), i.e. for closed environment, then the
+ *    specified parameters will be used for new database creation, or will be
+ *    applied during opening if database exists and no other process using it.
+ *
+ *    If the database is already exist, opened with \ref MDBX_EXCLUSIVE or not
+ *    used by any other process, and parameters specified by
+ *    \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry() are incompatible (i.e. for instance,
+ *    different page size) then \ref mdbx_env_open() will return
+ *    \ref MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE error.
+ *
+ *    In another way, if database will opened read-only or will used by other
+ *    process during calling \ref mdbx_env_open() that specified parameters will
+ *    silently discarded (open the database with \ref MDBX_EXCLUSIVE flag
+ *    to avoid this).
+ *
+ *  - In case \ref mdbx_env_info_ex() or legacy \ref mdbx_env_info() was called
+ *    after \ref mdbx_env_open() WITHIN the write transaction running by current
+ *    thread, then specified parameters will be applied as a part of write
+ *    transaction, i.e. will not be visible to any others processes until the
+ *    current write transaction has been committed by the current process.
+ *    However, if transaction will be aborted, then the database file will be
+ *    reverted to the previous size not immediately, but when a next transaction
+ *    will be committed or when the database will be opened next time.
+ *
+ *  - In case \ref mdbx_env_info_ex() or legacy \ref mdbx_env_info() was called
+ *    after \ref mdbx_env_open() but OUTSIDE a write transaction, then MDBX will
+ *    execute internal pseudo-transaction to apply new parameters (but only if
+ *    anything has been changed), and changes be visible to any others processes
+ *    immediately after succesful completion of function.
+ *
+ * Essentially a concept of "automatic size management" is simple and useful:
+ *  - There are the lower and upper bound of the database file size;
+ *  - There is the growth step by which the database file will be increased,
+ *    in case of lack of space.
+ *  - There is the threshold for unused space, beyond which the database file
+ *    will be shrunk.
+ *  - The size of the memory map is also the maximum size of the database.
+ *  - MDBX will automatically manage both the size of the database and the size
+ *    of memory map, according to the given parameters.
+ *
+ * So, there some considerations about choosing these parameters:
+ *  - The lower bound allows you to prevent database shrinking below some
+ *    rational size to avoid unnecessary resizing costs.
+ *  - The upper bound allows you to prevent database growth above some rational
+ *    size. Besides, the upper bound defines the linear address space
+ *    reservation in each process that opens the database. Therefore changing
+ *    the upper bound is costly and may be required reopening environment in
+ *    case of \ref MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE errors, and so on. Therefore, this
+ *    value should be chosen reasonable as large as possible, to accommodate
+ *    future growth of the database.
+ *  - The growth step must be greater than zero to allow the database to grow,
+ *    but also reasonable not too small, since increasing the size by little
+ *    steps will result a large overhead.
+ *  - The shrink threshold must be greater than zero to allow the database
+ *    to shrink but also reasonable not too small (to avoid extra overhead) and
+ *    not less than growth step to avoid up-and-down flouncing.
+ *  - The current size (i.e. size_now argument) is an auxiliary parameter for
+ *    simulation legacy \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize() and as workaround Windows
+ *    issues (see below).
+ *
+ * Unfortunately, Windows has is a several issues
+ * with resizing of memory-mapped file:
+ *  - Windows unable shrinking a memory-mapped file (i.e memory-mapped section)
+ *    in any way except unmapping file entirely and then map again. Moreover,
+ *    it is impossible in any way if a memory-mapped file is used more than
+ *    one process.
+ *  - Windows does not provide the usual API to augment a memory-mapped file
+ *    (that is, a memory-mapped partition), but only by using "Native API"
+ *    in an undocumented way.
+ *
+ * MDBX bypasses all Windows issues, but at a cost:
+ *  - Ability to resize database on the fly requires an additional lock
+ *    and release `SlimReadWriteLock during` each read-only transaction.
+ *  - During resize all in-process threads should be paused and then resumed.
+ *  - Shrinking of database file is performed only when it used by single
+ *    process, i.e. when a database closes by the last process or opened
+ *    by the first.
+ *  = Therefore, the size_now argument may be useful to set database size
+ *    by the first process which open a database, and thus avoid expensive
+ *    remapping further.
+ *
+ * For create a new database with particular parameters, including the page
+ * size, \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry() should be called after
+ * \ref mdbx_env_create() and before mdbx_env_open(). Once the database is
+ * created, the page size cannot be changed. If you do not specify all or some
+ * of the parameters, the corresponding default values will be used. For
+ * instance, the default for database size is 10485760 bytes.
+ *
+ * If the mapsize is increased by another process, MDBX silently and
+ * transparently adopt these changes at next transaction start. However,
+ * \ref mdbx_txn_begin() will return \ref MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE if new
+ * mapping size could not be applied for current process (for instance if
+ * address space is busy).  Therefore, in the case of
+ * \ref MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE error you need close and reopen the
+ * environment to resolve error.
+ *
+ * \note Actual values may be different than your have specified because of
+ * rounding to specified database page size, the system page size and/or the
+ * size of the system virtual memory management unit. You can get actual values
+ * by \ref mdbx_env_sync_ex() or see by using the tool `mdbx_chk` with the `-v`
+ * option.
+ *
+ * Legacy \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize() correspond to calling
+ * \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry() with the arguments `size_lower`, `size_now`,
+ * `size_upper` equal to the `size` and `-1` (i.e. default) for all other
+ * parameters.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env         An environment handle returned
+ *                         by \ref mdbx_env_create()
+ *
+ * \param [in] size_lower  The lower bound of database size in bytes.
+ *                         Zero value means "minimal acceptable",
+ *                         and negative means "keep current or use default".
+ *
+ * \param [in] size_now    The size in bytes to setup the database size for
+ *                         now. Zero value means "minimal acceptable", and
+ *                         negative means "keep current or use default". So,
+ *                         it is recommended always pass -1 in this argument
+ *                         except some special cases.
+ *
+ * \param [in] size_upper The upper bound of database size in bytes.
+ *                        Zero value means "minimal acceptable",
+ *                        and negative means "keep current or use default".
+ *                        It is recommended to avoid change upper bound while
+ *                        database is used by other processes or threaded
+ *                        (i.e. just pass -1 in this argument except absolutely
+ *                        necessary). Otherwise you must be ready for
+ *                        \ref MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE error(s), unexpected
+ *                        pauses during remapping and/or system errors like
+ *                        "address busy", and so on. In other words, there
+ *                        is no way to handle a growth of the upper bound
+ *                        robustly because there may be a lack of appropriate
+ *                        system resources (which are extremely volatile in
+ *                        a multi-process multi-threaded environment).
+ *
+ * \param [in] growth_step  The growth step in bytes, must be greater than
+ *                          zero to allow the database to grow. Negative value
+ *                          means "keep current or use default".
+ *
+ * \param [in] shrink_threshold  The shrink threshold in bytes, must be greater
+ *                               than zero to allow the database to shrink and
+ *                               greater than growth_step to avoid shrinking
+ *                               right after grow.
+ *                               Negative value means "keep current
+ *                               or use default". Default is 2*growth_step.
+ *
+ * \param [in] pagesize          The database page size for new database
+ *                               creation or -1 otherwise. Must be power of 2
+ *                               in the range between \ref MDBX_MIN_PAGESIZE and
+ *                               \ref MDBX_MAX_PAGESIZE. Zero value means
+ *                               "minimal acceptable", and negative means
+ *                               "keep current or use default".
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified,
+ *                        or the environment has an active write transaction.
+ * \retval MDBX_EPERM     Specific for Windows: Shrinking was disabled before
+ *                        and now it wanna be enabled, but there are reading
+ *                        threads that don't use the additional `SRWL` (that
+ *                        is required to avoid Windows issues).
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCESS   The environment opened in read-only.
+ * \retval MDBX_MAP_FULL  Specified size smaller than the space already
+ *                        consumed by the environment.
+ * \retval MDBX_TOO_LARGE Specified size is too large, i.e. too many pages for
+ *                        given size, or a 32-bit process requests too much
+ *                        bytes for the 32-bit address space. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_set_geometry(MDBX_env *env, intptr_t size_lower,
+                                      intptr_t size_now, intptr_t size_upper,
+                                      intptr_t growth_step,
+                                      intptr_t shrink_threshold,
+                                      intptr_t pagesize);
+
+/** \deprecated Please use \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry() instead.
+ * \ingroup c_settings */
+MDBX_DEPRECATED LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_set_mapsize,
+                                   (MDBX_env * env, size_t size)) {
+  return mdbx_env_set_geometry(env, size, size, size, -1, -1, -1);
+}
+
+/** \brief Find out whether to use readahead or not, based on the given database
+ * size and the amount of available memory. \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * \param [in] volume      The expected database size in bytes.
+ * \param [in] redundancy  Additional reserve or overload in case of negative
+ *                         value.
+ *
+ * \returns A \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE or \ref MDBX_RESULT_FALSE value,
+ *          otherwise the error code:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE   Readahead is reasonable.
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_FALSE  Readahead is NOT reasonable,
+ *                            i.e. \ref MDBX_NORDAHEAD is useful to
+ *                            open environment by \ref mdbx_env_open().
+ * \retval Otherwise the error code. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_is_readahead_reasonable(size_t volume,
+                                             intptr_t redundancy);
+
+/** \brief Returns the minimal database page size in bytes.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(intptr_t, mdbx_limits_pgsize_min,
+                                               (void)) {
+  return MDBX_MIN_PAGESIZE;
+}
+
+/** \brief Returns the maximal database page size in bytes.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(intptr_t, mdbx_limits_pgsize_max,
+                                               (void)) {
+  return MDBX_MAX_PAGESIZE;
+}
+
+/** \brief Returns minimal database size in bytes for given page size,
+ * or -1 if pagesize is invalid.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API intptr_t
+mdbx_limits_dbsize_min(intptr_t pagesize);
+
+/** \brief Returns maximal database size in bytes for given page size,
+ * or -1 if pagesize is invalid.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API intptr_t
+mdbx_limits_dbsize_max(intptr_t pagesize);
+
+/** \brief Returns maximal key size in bytes for given page size
+ * and database flags, or -1 if pagesize is invalid.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see db_flags */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API intptr_t
+mdbx_limits_keysize_max(intptr_t pagesize, MDBX_db_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Returns maximal data size in bytes for given page size
+ * and database flags, or -1 if pagesize is invalid.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see db_flags */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API intptr_t
+mdbx_limits_valsize_max(intptr_t pagesize, MDBX_db_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Returns maximal write transaction size (i.e. limit for summary volume
+ * of dirty pages) in bytes for given page size, or -1 if pagesize is invalid.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API intptr_t
+mdbx_limits_txnsize_max(intptr_t pagesize);
+
+/** \brief Set the maximum number of threads/reader slots for for all processes
+ * interacts with the database. \ingroup c_settings
+ *
+ * \details This defines the number of slots in the lock table that is used to
+ * track readers in the the environment. The default is about 100 for 4K system
+ * page size. Starting a read-only transaction normally ties a lock table slot
+ * to the current thread until the environment closes or the thread exits. If
+ * \ref MDBX_NOTLS is in use, \ref mdbx_txn_begin() instead ties the slot to the
+ * \ref MDBX_txn object until it or the \ref MDBX_env object is destroyed.
+ * This function may only be called after \ref mdbx_env_create() and before
+ * \ref mdbx_env_open(), and has an effect only when the database is opened by
+ * the first process interacts with the database.
+ * \see mdbx_env_get_maxreaders()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env       An environment handle returned
+ *                       by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] readers   The maximum number of reader lock table slots.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   An invalid parameter was specified.
+ * \retval MDBX_EPERM    The environment is already open. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_set_maxreaders,
+                   (MDBX_env * env, unsigned readers)) {
+  return mdbx_env_set_option(env, MDBX_opt_max_readers, readers);
+}
+
+/** \brief Get the maximum number of threads/reader slots for the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_env_set_maxreaders()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env       An environment handle returned
+ *                       by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [out] readers  Address of an integer to store the number of readers.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_get_maxreaders,
+                   (const MDBX_env *env, unsigned *readers)) {
+  int rc = MDBX_EINVAL;
+  if (readers) {
+    uint64_t proxy = 0;
+    rc = mdbx_env_get_option(env, MDBX_opt_max_readers, &proxy);
+    *readers = (unsigned)proxy;
+  }
+  return rc;
+}
+
+/** \brief Set the maximum number of named databases for the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_settings
+ *
+ * This function is only needed if multiple databases will be used in the
+ * environment. Simpler applications that use the environment as a single
+ * unnamed database can ignore this option.
+ * This function may only be called after \ref mdbx_env_create() and before
+ * \ref mdbx_env_open().
+ *
+ * Currently a moderate number of slots are cheap but a huge number gets
+ * expensive: 7-120 words per transaction, and every \ref mdbx_dbi_open()
+ * does a linear search of the opened slots.
+ * \see mdbx_env_get_maxdbs()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] dbs   The maximum number of databases.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   An invalid parameter was specified.
+ * \retval MDBX_EPERM    The environment is already open. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_set_maxdbs, (MDBX_env * env, MDBX_dbi dbs)) {
+  return mdbx_env_set_option(env, MDBX_opt_max_db, dbs);
+}
+
+/** \brief Get the maximum number of named databases for the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_env_set_maxdbs()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [out] dbs  Address to store the maximum number of databases.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_env_get_maxdbs,
+                   (const MDBX_env *env, MDBX_dbi *dbs)) {
+  int rc = MDBX_EINVAL;
+  if (dbs) {
+    uint64_t proxy = 0;
+    rc = mdbx_env_get_option(env, MDBX_opt_max_db, &proxy);
+    *dbs = (MDBX_dbi)proxy;
+  }
+  return rc;
+}
+
+/** \brief Returns the default size of database page for the current system.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \details Default size of database page depends on the size of the system
+ * page and usually exactly match it. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API size_t mdbx_default_pagesize(void);
+
+/** \brief Get the maximum size of keys can write.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] env    An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] flags  Database options (\ref MDBX_DUPSORT, \ref MDBX_INTEGERKEY
+ *                    and so on). \see db_flags
+ *
+ * \returns The maximum size of a key can write,
+ *          or -1 if something is wrong. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int
+mdbx_env_get_maxkeysize_ex(const MDBX_env *env, MDBX_db_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Get the maximum size of data we can write.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] env    An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] flags  Database options (\ref MDBX_DUPSORT, \ref MDBX_INTEGERKEY
+ *                    and so on). \see db_flags
+ *
+ * \returns The maximum size of a data can write,
+ *          or -1 if something is wrong. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int
+mdbx_env_get_maxvalsize_ex(const MDBX_env *env, MDBX_db_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \deprecated Please use \ref mdbx_env_get_maxkeysize_ex()
+ *              and/or \ref mdbx_env_get_maxvalsize_ex()
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION MDBX_DEPRECATED LIBMDBX_API int
+mdbx_env_get_maxkeysize(const MDBX_env *env);
+
+/** \brief Set application information associated with the \ref MDBX_env.
+ * \ingroup c_settings
+ * \see mdbx_env_get_userctx()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env  An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] ctx  An arbitrary pointer for whatever the application needs.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_set_userctx(MDBX_env *env, void *ctx);
+
+/** \brief Get the application information associated with the MDBX_env.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_env_set_userctx()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create()
+ * \returns The pointer set by \ref mdbx_env_set_userctx()
+ *          or `NULL` if something wrong. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API void *
+mdbx_env_get_userctx(const MDBX_env *env);
+
+/** \brief Create a transaction with a user provided context pointer
+ * for use with the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * The transaction handle may be discarded using \ref mdbx_txn_abort()
+ * or \ref mdbx_txn_commit().
+ * \see mdbx_txn_begin()
+ *
+ * \note A transaction and its cursors must only be used by a single thread,
+ * and a thread may only have a single transaction at a time. If \ref MDBX_NOTLS
+ * is in use, this does not apply to read-only transactions.
+ *
+ * \note Cursors may not span transactions.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ *
+ * \param [in] parent  If this parameter is non-NULL, the new transaction will
+ *                     be a nested transaction, with the transaction indicated
+ *                     by parent as its parent. Transactions may be nested
+ *                     to any level. A parent transaction and its cursors may
+ *                     not issue any other operations than mdbx_txn_commit and
+ *                     \ref mdbx_txn_abort() while it has active child
+ *                     transactions.
+ *
+ * \param [in] flags   Special options for this transaction. This parameter
+ *                     must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one
+ *                     or more of the values described here:
+ *                      - \ref MDBX_RDONLY   This transaction will not perform
+ *                                           any write operations.
+ *
+ *                      - \ref MDBX_TXN_TRY  Do not block when starting
+ *                                           a write transaction.
+ *
+ *                      - \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC, \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC.
+ *                        Do not sync data to disk corresponding
+ *                        to \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC or \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC
+ *                        description. \see sync_modes
+ *
+ * \param [out] txn    Address where the new MDBX_txn handle will be stored.
+ *
+ * \param [in] context A pointer to application context to be associated with
+ *                     created transaction and could be retrieved by
+ *                     \ref mdbx_txn_get_userctx() until transaction finished.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_PANIC         A fatal error occurred earlier and the
+ *                            environment must be shut down.
+ * \retval MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE  Another process wrote data beyond
+ *                                     this MDBX_env's mapsize and this
+ *                                     environment map must be resized as well.
+ *                                     See \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize().
+ * \retval MDBX_READERS_FULL  A read-only transaction was requested and
+ *                            the reader lock table is full.
+ *                            See \ref mdbx_env_set_maxreaders().
+ * \retval MDBX_ENOMEM        Out of memory.
+ * \retval MDBX_BUSY          The write transaction is already started by the
+ *                            current thread. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_begin_ex(MDBX_env *env, MDBX_txn *parent,
+                                  MDBX_txn_flags_t flags, MDBX_txn **txn,
+                                  void *context);
+
+/** \brief Create a transaction for use with the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * The transaction handle may be discarded using \ref mdbx_txn_abort()
+ * or \ref mdbx_txn_commit().
+ * \see mdbx_txn_begin_ex()
+ *
+ * \note A transaction and its cursors must only be used by a single thread,
+ * and a thread may only have a single transaction at a time. If \ref MDBX_NOTLS
+ * is in use, this does not apply to read-only transactions.
+ *
+ * \note Cursors may not span transactions.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ *
+ * \param [in] parent  If this parameter is non-NULL, the new transaction will
+ *                     be a nested transaction, with the transaction indicated
+ *                     by parent as its parent. Transactions may be nested
+ *                     to any level. A parent transaction and its cursors may
+ *                     not issue any other operations than mdbx_txn_commit and
+ *                     \ref mdbx_txn_abort() while it has active child
+ *                     transactions.
+ *
+ * \param [in] flags   Special options for this transaction. This parameter
+ *                     must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one
+ *                     or more of the values described here:
+ *                      - \ref MDBX_RDONLY   This transaction will not perform
+ *                                           any write operations.
+ *
+ *                      - \ref MDBX_TXN_TRY  Do not block when starting
+ *                                           a write transaction.
+ *
+ *                      - \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC, \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC.
+ *                        Do not sync data to disk corresponding
+ *                        to \ref MDBX_NOMETASYNC or \ref MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC
+ *                        description. \see sync_modes
+ *
+ * \param [out] txn    Address where the new MDBX_txn handle will be stored.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_PANIC         A fatal error occurred earlier and the
+ *                            environment must be shut down.
+ * \retval MDBX_UNABLE_EXTEND_MAPSIZE  Another process wrote data beyond
+ *                                     this MDBX_env's mapsize and this
+ *                                     environment map must be resized as well.
+ *                                     See \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize().
+ * \retval MDBX_READERS_FULL  A read-only transaction was requested and
+ *                            the reader lock table is full.
+ *                            See \ref mdbx_env_set_maxreaders().
+ * \retval MDBX_ENOMEM        Out of memory.
+ * \retval MDBX_BUSY          The write transaction is already started by the
+ *                            current thread. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_txn_begin,
+                   (MDBX_env * env, MDBX_txn *parent, MDBX_txn_flags_t flags,
+                    MDBX_txn **txn)) {
+  return mdbx_txn_begin_ex(env, parent, flags, txn, NULL);
+}
+
+/** \brief Set application information associated with the \ref MDBX_txn.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ * \see mdbx_txn_get_userctx()
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  An transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin_ex()
+ *                  or \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] ctx  An arbitrary pointer for whatever the application needs.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_set_userctx(MDBX_txn *txn, void *ctx);
+
+/** \brief Get the application information associated with the MDBX_txn.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ * \see mdbx_txn_set_userctx()
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  An transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin_ex()
+ *                  or \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \returns The pointer which was passed via the `context` parameter
+ *          of `mdbx_txn_begin_ex()` or set by \ref mdbx_txn_set_userctx(),
+ *          or `NULL` if something wrong. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API void *
+mdbx_txn_get_userctx(const MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief Information about the transaction
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_txn_info */
+struct MDBX_txn_info {
+  /** The ID of the transaction. For a READ-ONLY transaction, this corresponds
+      to the snapshot being read. */
+  uint64_t txn_id;
+
+  /** For READ-ONLY transaction: the lag from a recent MVCC-snapshot, i.e. the
+     number of committed transaction since read transaction started.
+     For WRITE transaction (provided if `scan_rlt=true`): the lag of the oldest
+     reader from current transaction (i.e. at least 1 if any reader running). */
+  uint64_t txn_reader_lag;
+
+  /** Used space by this transaction, i.e. corresponding to the last used
+   * database page. */
+  uint64_t txn_space_used;
+
+  /** Current size of database file. */
+  uint64_t txn_space_limit_soft;
+
+  /** Upper bound for size the database file, i.e. the value `size_upper`
+     argument of the appropriate call of \ref mdbx_env_set_geometry(). */
+  uint64_t txn_space_limit_hard;
+
+  /** For READ-ONLY transaction: The total size of the database pages that were
+     retired by committed write transactions after the reader's MVCC-snapshot,
+     i.e. the space which would be freed after the Reader releases the
+     MVCC-snapshot for reuse by completion read transaction.
+     For WRITE transaction: The summarized size of the database pages that were
+     retired for now due Copy-On-Write during this transaction. */
+  uint64_t txn_space_retired;
+
+  /** For READ-ONLY transaction: the space available for writer(s) and that
+     must be exhausted for reason to call the Handle-Slow-Readers callback for
+     this read transaction.
+     For WRITE transaction: the space inside transaction
+     that left to `MDBX_TXN_FULL` error. */
+  uint64_t txn_space_leftover;
+
+  /** For READ-ONLY transaction (provided if `scan_rlt=true`): The space that
+     actually become available for reuse when only this transaction will be
+     finished.
+     For WRITE transaction: The summarized size of the dirty database
+     pages that generated during this transaction. */
+  uint64_t txn_space_dirty;
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_statinfo */
+typedef struct MDBX_txn_info MDBX_txn_info;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Return information about the MDBX transaction.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn        A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin()
+ * \param [out] info      The address of an \ref MDBX_txn_info structure
+ *                        where the information will be copied.
+ * \param [in] scan_rlt   The boolean flag controls the scan of the read lock
+ *                        table to provide complete information. Such scan
+ *                        is relatively expensive and you can avoid it
+ *                        if corresponding fields are not needed.
+ *                        See description of \ref MDBX_txn_info.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_info(const MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_txn_info *info,
+                              bool scan_rlt);
+
+/** \brief Returns the transaction's MDBX_env.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin() */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API MDBX_env *
+mdbx_txn_env(const MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief Return the transaction's flags.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * This returns the flags associated with this transaction.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \returns A transaction flags, valid if input is an valid transaction,
+ *          otherwise -1. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_flags(const MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief Return the transaction's ID.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * This returns the identifier associated with this transaction. For a
+ * read-only transaction, this corresponds to the snapshot being read;
+ * concurrent readers will frequently have the same transaction ID.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \returns A transaction ID, valid if input is an active transaction,
+ *          otherwise 0. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API uint64_t
+mdbx_txn_id(const MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief Latency of commit stages in 1/65536 of seconds units.
+ * \warning This structure may be changed in future releases.
+ * \see mdbx_txn_commit_ex() */
+struct MDBX_commit_latency {
+  /** \brief Duration of preparation (commit child transactions, update
+   * sub-databases records and cursors destroying). */
+  uint32_t preparation;
+  /** \brief Duration of GC/freeDB handling & updation. */
+  uint32_t gc;
+  /** \brief Duration of internal audit if enabled. */
+  uint32_t audit;
+  /** \brief Duration of writing dirty/modified data pages. */
+  uint32_t write;
+  /** \brief Duration of syncing written data to the dist/storage. */
+  uint32_t sync;
+  /** \brief Duration of transaction ending (releasing resources). */
+  uint32_t ending;
+  /** \brief The total duration of a commit. */
+  uint32_t whole;
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_statinfo */
+typedef struct MDBX_commit_latency MDBX_commit_latency;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Commit all the operations of a transaction into the database and
+ * collect latency information.
+ * \see mdbx_txn_commit()
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \warning This function may be changed in future releases. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_commit_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_commit_latency *latency);
+
+/** \brief Commit all the operations of a transaction into the database.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * If the current thread is not eligible to manage the transaction then
+ * the \ref MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH error will returned. Otherwise the transaction
+ * will be committed and its handle is freed. If the transaction cannot
+ * be committed, it will be aborted with the corresponding error returned.
+ *
+ * Thus, a result other than \ref MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH means that the
+ * transaction is terminated:
+ *  - Resources are released;
+ *  - Transaction handle is invalid;
+ *  - Cursor(s) associated with transaction must not be used, except with
+ *    mdbx_cursor_renew() and \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *    Such cursor(s) must be closed explicitly by \ref mdbx_cursor_close()
+ *    before or after transaction commit, either can be reused with
+ *    \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() until it will be explicitly closed by
+ *    \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE      Transaction was aborted since it should
+ *                               be aborted due to previous errors.
+ * \retval MDBX_PANIC            A fatal error occurred earlier
+ *                               and the environment must be shut down.
+ * \retval MDBX_BAD_TXN          Transaction is already finished or never began.
+ * \retval MDBX_EBADSIGN         Transaction object has invalid signature,
+ *                               e.g. transaction was already terminated
+ *                               or memory was corrupted.
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL           Transaction handle is NULL.
+ * \retval MDBX_ENOSPC           No more disk space.
+ * \retval MDBX_EIO              A system-level I/O error occurred.
+ * \retval MDBX_ENOMEM           Out of memory. */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_txn_commit, (MDBX_txn * txn)) {
+  return mdbx_txn_commit_ex(txn, NULL);
+}
+
+/** \brief Abandon all the operations of the transaction instead of saving them.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * The transaction handle is freed. It and its cursors must not be used again
+ * after this call, except with \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() and
+ * \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *
+ * If the current thread is not eligible to manage the transaction then
+ * the \ref MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH error will returned. Otherwise the transaction
+ * will be aborted and its handle is freed. Thus, a result other than
+ * \ref MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH means that the transaction is terminated:
+ *  - Resources are released;
+ *  - Transaction handle is invalid;
+ *  - Cursor(s) associated with transaction must not be used, except with
+ *    \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() and \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *    Such cursor(s) must be closed explicitly by \ref mdbx_cursor_close()
+ *    before or after transaction abort, either can be reused with
+ *    \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() until it will be explicitly closed by
+ *    \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_PANIC            A fatal error occurred earlier and
+ *                               the environment must be shut down.
+ * \retval MDBX_BAD_TXN          Transaction is already finished or never began.
+ * \retval MDBX_EBADSIGN         Transaction object has invalid signature,
+ *                               e.g. transaction was already terminated
+ *                               or memory was corrupted.
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL           Transaction handle is NULL. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_abort(MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief Marks transaction as broken.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * Function keeps the transaction handle and corresponding locks, but it
+ * is not possible to perform any operations in a broken transaction.
+ * Broken transaction must then be aborted explicitly later.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \see mdbx_txn_abort() \see mdbx_txn_reset() \see mdbx_txn_commit()
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_break(MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief Reset a read-only transaction.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * Abort the read-only transaction like \ref mdbx_txn_abort(), but keep the
+ * transaction handle. Therefore \ref mdbx_txn_renew() may reuse the handle.
+ * This saves allocation overhead if the process will start a new read-only
+ * transaction soon, and also locking overhead if \ref MDBX_NOTLS is in use. The
+ * reader table lock is released, but the table slot stays tied to its thread
+ * or \ref MDBX_txn. Use \ref mdbx_txn_abort() to discard a reset handle, and to
+ * free its lock table slot if \ref MDBX_NOTLS is in use.
+ *
+ * Cursors opened within the transaction must not be used again after this
+ * call, except with \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() and \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *
+ * Reader locks generally don't interfere with writers, but they keep old
+ * versions of database pages allocated. Thus they prevent the old pages from
+ * being reused when writers commit new data, and so under heavy load the
+ * database size may grow much more rapidly than otherwise.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_PANIC            A fatal error occurred earlier and
+ *                               the environment must be shut down.
+ * \retval MDBX_BAD_TXN          Transaction is already finished or never began.
+ * \retval MDBX_EBADSIGN         Transaction object has invalid signature,
+ *                               e.g. transaction was already terminated
+ *                               or memory was corrupted.
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL           Transaction handle is NULL. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_reset(MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief Renew a read-only transaction.
+ * \ingroup c_transactions
+ *
+ * This acquires a new reader lock for a transaction handle that had been
+ * released by \ref mdbx_txn_reset(). It must be called before a reset
+ * transaction may be used again.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_PANIC            A fatal error occurred earlier and
+ *                               the environment must be shut down.
+ * \retval MDBX_BAD_TXN          Transaction is already finished or never began.
+ * \retval MDBX_EBADSIGN         Transaction object has invalid signature,
+ *                               e.g. transaction was already terminated
+ *                               or memory was corrupted.
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL           Transaction handle is NULL. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_renew(MDBX_txn *txn);
+
+/** \brief The fours integers markers (aka "canary") associated with the
+ * environment. \ingroup c_crud \see mdbx_canary_set() \see mdbx_canary_get()
+ *
+ * The `x`, `y` and `z` values could be set by \ref mdbx_canary_put(), while the
+ * 'v' will be always set to the transaction number. Updated values becomes
+ * visible outside the current transaction only after it was committed. Current
+ * values could be retrieved by \ref mdbx_canary_get(). */
+struct MDBX_canary {
+  uint64_t x, y, z, v;
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_crud */
+typedef struct MDBX_canary MDBX_canary;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Set integers markers (aka "canary") associated with the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ * \see mdbx_canary_get()
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn     A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin()
+ * \param [in] canary  A optional pointer to \ref MDBX_canary structure for `x`,
+ *              `y` and `z` values from.
+ *            - If canary is NOT NULL then the `x`, `y` and `z` values will be
+ *              updated from given canary argument, but the 'v' be always set
+ *              to the current transaction number if at least one `x`, `y` or
+ *              `z` values have changed (i.e. if `x`, `y` and `z` have the same
+ *              values as currently present then nothing will be changes or
+ *              updated).
+ *            - if canary is NULL then the `v` value will be explicitly update
+ *              to the current transaction number without changes `x`, `y` nor
+ *              `z`.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_canary_put(MDBX_txn *txn, const MDBX_canary *canary);
+
+/** \brief Returns fours integers markers (aka "canary") associated with the
+ * environment.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ * \see mdbx_canary_set()
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn     A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] canary  The address of an MDBX_canary structure where the
+ *                     information will be copied.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_canary_get(const MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_canary *canary);
+
+/** \brief A callback function used to compare two keys in a database
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ * \see mdbx_cmp() \see mdbx_get_keycmp()
+ * \see mdbx_get_datacmp \see mdbx_dcmp() */
+typedef int(MDBX_cmp_func)(const MDBX_val *a,
+                           const MDBX_val *b) MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT;
+
+/** \brief Open or Create a database in the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_dbi
+ *
+ * A database handle denotes the name and parameters of a database,
+ * independently of whether such a database exists. The database handle may be
+ * discarded by calling \ref mdbx_dbi_close(). The old database handle is
+ * returned if the database was already open. The handle may only be closed
+ * once.
+ *
+ * \note A notable difference between MDBX and LMDB is that MDBX make handles
+ * opened for existing databases immediately available for other transactions,
+ * regardless this transaction will be aborted or reset. The REASON for this is
+ * to avoiding the requirement for multiple opening a same handles in
+ * concurrent read transactions, and tracking of such open but hidden handles
+ * until the completion of read transactions which opened them.
+ *
+ * Nevertheless, the handle for the NEWLY CREATED database will be invisible
+ * for other transactions until the this write transaction is successfully
+ * committed. If the write transaction is aborted the handle will be closed
+ * automatically. After a successful commit the such handle will reside in the
+ * shared environment, and may be used by other transactions.
+ *
+ * In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX allow this function to be called from multiple
+ * concurrent transactions or threads in the same process.
+ *
+ * To use named database (with name != NULL), \ref mdbx_env_set_maxdbs()
+ * must be called before opening the environment. Table names are
+ * keys in the internal unnamed database, and may be read but not written.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn    transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] name   The name of the database to open. If only a single
+ *                    database is needed in the environment,
+ *                    this value may be NULL.
+ * \param [in] flags  Special options for this database. This parameter must
+ *                    be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or more
+ *                    of the values described here:
+ *  - \ref MDBX_REVERSEKEY
+ *      Keys are strings to be compared in reverse order, from the end
+ *      of the strings to the beginning. By default, Keys are treated as
+ *      strings and compared from beginning to end.
+ *  - \ref MDBX_INTEGERKEY
+ *      Keys are binary integers in native byte order, either uint32_t or
+ *      uint64_t, and will be sorted as such. The keys must all be of the
+ *      same size and must be aligned while passing as arguments.
+ *  - \ref MDBX_DUPSORT
+ *      Duplicate keys may be used in the database. Or, from another point of
+ *      view, keys may have multiple data items, stored in sorted order. By
+ *      default keys must be unique and may have only a single data item.
+ *  - \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED
+ *      This flag may only be used in combination with \ref MDBX_DUPSORT. This
+ *      option tells the library that the data items for this database are
+ *      all the same size, which allows further optimizations in storage and
+ *      retrieval. When all data items are the same size, the
+ *      \ref MDBX_GET_MULTIPLE, \ref MDBX_NEXT_MULTIPLE and
+ *      \ref MDBX_PREV_MULTIPLE cursor operations may be used to retrieve
+ *      multiple items at once.
+ *  - \ref MDBX_INTEGERDUP
+ *      This option specifies that duplicate data items are binary integers,
+ *      similar to \ref MDBX_INTEGERKEY keys. The data values must all be of the
+ *      same size and must be aligned while passing as arguments.
+ *  - \ref MDBX_REVERSEDUP
+ *      This option specifies that duplicate data items should be compared as
+ *      strings in reverse order (the comparison is performed in the direction
+ *      from the last byte to the first).
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CREATE
+ *      Create the named database if it doesn't exist. This option is not
+ *      allowed in a read-only transaction or a read-only environment.
+ *
+ * \param [out] dbi     Address where the new \ref MDBX_dbi handle
+ *                      will be stored.
+ *
+ * For \ref mdbx_dbi_open_ex() additional arguments allow you to set custom
+ * comparison functions for keys and values (for multimaps).
+ * However, I recommend not using custom comparison functions, but instead
+ * converting the keys to one of the forms that are suitable for built-in
+ * comparators (for instance take look to the \ref value2key).
+ * The reasons to not using custom comparators are:
+ *   - The order of records could not be validated without your code.
+ *     So `mdbx_chk` utility will reports "wrong order" errors
+ *     and the `-i` option is required to ignore ones.
+ *   - A records could not be ordered or sorted without your code.
+ *     So mdbx_load utility should be used with `-a` option to preserve
+ *     input data order.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND   The specified database doesn't exist in the
+ *                         environment and \ref MDBX_CREATE was not specified.
+ * \retval MDBX_DBS_FULL   Too many databases have been opened.
+ *                         \see mdbx_env_set_maxdbs()
+ * \retval MDBX_INCOMPATIBLE  Database is incompatible with given flags,
+ *                         i.e. the passed flags is different with which the
+ *                         database was created, or the database was already
+ *                         opened with a different comparison function(s).
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_open(MDBX_txn *txn, const char *name,
+                              MDBX_db_flags_t flags, MDBX_dbi *dbi);
+
+/** \deprecated Please avoid using custom comparators
+ *              and use mdbx_dbi_open() instead.
+ * \ingroup c_dbi
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn    transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] name   The name of the database to open. If only a single
+ *                    database is needed in the environment,
+ *                    this value may be NULL.
+ * \param [in] flags  Special options for this database.
+ * \param [in] keycmp  Optional custom key comparison function for a database.
+ * \param [in] datacmp Optional custom data comparison function for a database.
+ * \param [out] dbi    Address where the new MDBX_dbi handle will be stored.
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+MDBX_DEPRECATED LIBMDBX_API int
+mdbx_dbi_open_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, const char *name, MDBX_db_flags_t flags,
+                 MDBX_dbi *dbi, MDBX_cmp_func *keycmp, MDBX_cmp_func *datacmp);
+
+/** \defgroup value2key Value-to-Key functions to avoid custom comparators
+ * \see key2value
+ * @{
+ *
+ * The \ref mdbx_key_from_jsonInteger() build a keys which are comparable with
+ * keys created by \ref mdbx_key_from_double(). So this allows mixing `int64_t`
+ * and IEEE754 double values in one index for JSON-numbers with restriction for
+ * integer numbers range corresponding to RFC-7159, i.e. \f$[-2^{53}+1,
+ * 2^{53}-1]\f$. See bottom of page 6 at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159 */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API uint64_t
+mdbx_key_from_jsonInteger(const int64_t json_integer);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API uint64_t
+mdbx_key_from_double(const double ieee754_64bit);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API uint64_t
+mdbx_key_from_ptrdouble(const double *const ieee754_64bit);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API uint32_t
+mdbx_key_from_float(const float ieee754_32bit);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API uint32_t
+mdbx_key_from_ptrfloat(const float *const ieee754_32bit);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(uint64_t, mdbx_key_from_int64,
+                                               (const int64_t i64)) {
+  return UINT64_C(0x8000000000000000) + i64;
+}
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(uint32_t, mdbx_key_from_int32,
+                                               (const int32_t i32)) {
+  return UINT32_C(0x80000000) + i32;
+}
+/** @} */
+
+/** \defgroup key2value Key-to-Value functions to avoid custom comparators
+ * \see value2key
+ * @{ */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int64_t
+mdbx_jsonInteger_from_key(const MDBX_val);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API double
+mdbx_double_from_key(const MDBX_val);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API float
+mdbx_float_from_key(const MDBX_val);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int32_t
+mdbx_int32_from_key(const MDBX_val);
+
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int64_t
+mdbx_int64_from_key(const MDBX_val);
+/** @} */
+
+/** \brief Retrieve statistics for a database.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn     A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi     A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [out] stat   The address of an \ref MDBX_stat structure where
+ *                     the statistics will be copied.
+ * \param [in] bytes   The size of \ref MDBX_stat.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_stat(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, MDBX_stat *stat,
+                              size_t bytes);
+
+/** \brief Retrieve depth (bitmask) information of nested dupsort (multi-value)
+ * B+trees for given database.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn     A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi     A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [out] mask   The address of an uint32_t value where the bitmask
+ *                     will be stored.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL       An invalid parameter was specified.
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE  The dbi isn't a dupsort (multi-value) database. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_dupsort_depthmask(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi,
+                                           uint32_t *mask);
+
+/** \brief DBI state bits returted by \ref mdbx_dbi_flags_ex()
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ * \see mdbx_dbi_flags_ex() */
+enum MDBX_dbi_state_t {
+  /** DB was written in this txn */
+  MDBX_DBI_DIRTY = 0x01,
+  /** Named-DB record is older than txnID */
+  MDBX_DBI_STALE = 0x02,
+  /** Named-DB handle opened in this txn */
+  MDBX_DBI_FRESH = 0x04,
+  /** Named-DB handle created in this txn */
+  MDBX_DBI_CREAT = 0x08,
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+/** \ingroup c_statinfo */
+typedef enum MDBX_dbi_state_t MDBX_dbi_state_t;
+#else
+DEFINE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(MDBX_dbi_state_t)
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Retrieve the DB flags and status for a database handle.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn     A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi     A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [out] flags  Address where the flags will be returned.
+ * \param [out] state  Address where the state will be returned.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_flags_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, unsigned *flags,
+                                  unsigned *state);
+/** \brief The shortcut to calling \ref mdbx_dbi_flags_ex() with `state=NULL`
+ * for discarding it result. \ingroup c_statinfo */
+LIBMDBX_INLINE_API(int, mdbx_dbi_flags,
+                   (MDBX_txn * txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, unsigned *flags)) {
+  unsigned state;
+  return mdbx_dbi_flags_ex(txn, dbi, flags, &state);
+}
+
+/** \brief Close a database handle. Normally unnecessary.
+ * \ingroup c_dbi
+ *
+ * Closing a database handle is not necessary, but lets \ref mdbx_dbi_open()
+ * reuse the handle value. Usually it's better to set a bigger
+ * \ref mdbx_env_set_maxdbs(), unless that value would be large.
+ *
+ * \note Use with care.
+ * This call is synchronized via mutex with \ref mdbx_dbi_close(), but NOT with
+ * other transactions running by other threads. The "next" version of libmdbx
+ * (\ref MithrilDB) will solve this issue.
+ *
+ * Handles should only be closed if no other threads are going to reference
+ * the database handle or one of its cursors any further. Do not close a handle
+ * if an existing transaction has modified its database. Doing so can cause
+ * misbehavior from database corruption to errors like \ref MDBX_BAD_DBI
+ * (since the DB name is gone).
+ *
+ * \param [in] env  An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] dbi  A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_close(MDBX_env *env, MDBX_dbi dbi);
+
+/** \brief Empty or delete and close a database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * \see mdbx_dbi_close() \see mdbx_dbi_open()
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn  A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi  A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] del  `false` to empty the DB, `true` to delete it
+ *                  from the environment and close the DB handle.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_drop(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, bool del);
+
+/** \brief Get items from a database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * This function retrieves key/data pairs from the database. The address
+ * and length of the data associated with the specified key are returned
+ * in the structure to which data refers.
+ * If the database supports duplicate keys (\ref MDBX_DUPSORT) then the
+ * first data item for the key will be returned. Retrieval of other
+ * items requires the use of \ref mdbx_cursor_get().
+ *
+ * \note The memory pointed to by the returned values is owned by the
+ * database. The caller need not dispose of the memory, and may not
+ * modify it in any way. For values returned in a read-only transaction
+ * any modification attempts will cause a `SIGSEGV`.
+ *
+ * \note Values returned from the database are valid only until a
+ * subsequent update operation, or the end of the transaction.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn       A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi       A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] key       The key to search for in the database.
+ * \param [in,out] data  The data corresponding to the key.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND  The key was not in the database.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_get(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, const MDBX_val *key,
+                         MDBX_val *data);
+
+/** \brief Get items from a database
+ * and optionally number of data items for a given key.
+ *
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * Briefly this function does the same as \ref mdbx_get() with a few
+ * differences:
+ *  1. If values_count is NOT NULL, then returns the count
+ *     of multi-values/duplicates for a given key.
+ *  2. Updates BOTH the key and the data for pointing to the actual key-value
+ *     pair inside the database.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn           A transaction handle returned
+ *                           by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi           A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in,out] key       The key to search for in the database.
+ * \param [in,out] data      The data corresponding to the key.
+ * \param [out] values_count The optional address to return number of values
+ *                           associated with given key:
+ *                            = 0 - in case \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND error;
+ *                            = 1 - exactly for databases
+ *                                  WITHOUT \ref MDBX_DUPSORT;
+ *                            >= 1 for databases WITH \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND  The key was not in the database.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_get_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, MDBX_val *key,
+                            MDBX_val *data, size_t *values_count);
+
+/** \brief Get equal or great item from a database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * Briefly this function does the same as \ref mdbx_get() with a few
+ * differences:
+ * 1. Return equal or great (due comparison function) key-value
+ *    pair, but not only exactly matching with the key.
+ * 2. On success return \ref MDBX_SUCCESS if key found exactly,
+ *    and \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE otherwise. Moreover, for databases with
+ *    \ref MDBX_DUPSORT flag the data argument also will be used to match over
+ *    multi-value/duplicates, and \ref MDBX_SUCCESS will be returned only when
+ *    BOTH the key and the data match exactly.
+ * 3. Updates BOTH the key and the data for pointing to the actual key-value
+ *    pair inside the database.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn           A transaction handle returned
+ *                           by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi           A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in,out] key       The key to search for in the database.
+ * \param [in,out] data      The data corresponding to the key.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and \ref MDBX_RESULT_FALSE
+ *          or \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE on success (as described above).
+ *          Some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND      The key was not in the database.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL        An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_get_equal_or_great(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi,
+                                        MDBX_val *key, MDBX_val *data);
+
+/** \brief Store items into a database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * This function stores key/data pairs in the database. The default behavior
+ * is to enter the new key/data pair, replacing any previously existing key
+ * if duplicates are disallowed, or adding a duplicate data item if
+ * duplicates are allowed (see \ref MDBX_DUPSORT).
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn        A transaction handle returned
+ *                        by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi        A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] key        The key to store in the database.
+ * \param [in,out] data   The data to store.
+ * \param [in] flags      Special options for this operation.
+ *                        This parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing
+ *                        together one or more of the values described here:
+ *   - \ref MDBX_NODUPDATA
+ *      Enter the new key-value pair only if it does not already appear
+ *      in the database. This flag may only be specified if the database
+ *      was opened with \ref MDBX_DUPSORT. The function will return
+ *      \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST if the key/data pair already appears in the database.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE
+ *      Enter the new key/data pair only if the key does not already appear
+ *      in the database. The function will return \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST if the key
+ *      already appears in the database, even if the database supports
+ *      duplicates (see \ref  MDBX_DUPSORT). The data parameter will be set
+ *      to point to the existing item.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CURRENT
+ *      Update an single existing entry, but not add new ones. The function will
+ *      return \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND if the given key not exist in the database.
+ *      In case multi-values for the given key, with combination of
+ *      the \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS will replace all multi-values,
+ *      otherwise return the \ref MDBX_EMULTIVAL.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_RESERVE
+ *      Reserve space for data of the given size, but don't copy the given
+ *      data. Instead, return a pointer to the reserved space, which the
+ *      caller can fill in later - before the next update operation or the
+ *      transaction ends. This saves an extra memcpy if the data is being
+ *      generated later. MDBX does nothing else with this memory, the caller
+ *      is expected to modify all of the space requested. This flag must not
+ *      be specified if the database was opened with \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_APPEND
+ *      Append the given key/data pair to the end of the database. This option
+ *      allows fast bulk loading when keys are already known to be in the
+ *      correct order. Loading unsorted keys with this flag will cause
+ *      a \ref MDBX_EKEYMISMATCH error.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_APPENDDUP
+ *      As above, but for sorted dup data.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_MULTIPLE
+ *      Store multiple contiguous data elements in a single request. This flag
+ *      may only be specified if the database was opened with
+ *      \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED. With combination the \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS
+ *      will replace all multi-values.
+ *      The data argument must be an array of two \ref MDBX_val. The `iov_len`
+ *      of the first \ref MDBX_val must be the size of a single data element.
+ *      The `iov_base` of the first \ref MDBX_val must point to the beginning
+ *      of the array of contiguous data elements which must be properly aligned
+ *      in case of database with \ref MDBX_INTEGERDUP flag.
+ *      The `iov_len` of the second \ref MDBX_val must be the count of the
+ *      number of data elements to store. On return this field will be set to
+ *      the count of the number of elements actually written. The `iov_base` of
+ *      the second \ref MDBX_val is unused.
+ *
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_KEYEXIST  The key/value pair already exists in the database.
+ * \retval MDBX_MAP_FULL  The database is full, see \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize().
+ * \retval MDBX_TXN_FULL  The transaction has too many dirty pages.
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES    An attempt was made to write
+ *                        in a read-only transaction.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_put(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, const MDBX_val *key,
+                         MDBX_val *data, MDBX_put_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Replace items in a database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * This function allows to update or delete an existing value at the same time
+ * as the previous value is retrieved. If the argument new_data equal is NULL
+ * zero, the removal is performed, otherwise the update/insert.
+ *
+ * The current value may be in an already changed (aka dirty) page. In this
+ * case, the page will be overwritten during the update, and the old value will
+ * be lost. Therefore, an additional buffer must be passed via old_data
+ * argument initially to copy the old value. If the buffer passed in is too
+ * small, the function will return \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE by setting iov_len
+ * field pointed by old_data argument to the appropriate value, without
+ * performing any changes.
+ *
+ * For databases with non-unique keys (i.e. with \ref MDBX_DUPSORT flag),
+ * another use case is also possible, when by old_data argument selects a
+ * specific item from multi-value/duplicates with the same key for deletion or
+ * update. To select this scenario in flags should simultaneously specify
+ * \ref MDBX_CURRENT and \ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE. This combination is chosen
+ * because it makes no sense, and thus allows you to identify the request of
+ * such a scenario.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn           A transaction handle returned
+ *                           by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi           A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] key           The key to store in the database.
+ * \param [in] new_data      The data to store, if NULL then deletion will
+ *                           be performed.
+ * \param [in,out] old_data  The buffer for retrieve previous value as describe
+ *                           above.
+ * \param [in] flags         Special options for this operation.
+ *                           This parameter must be set to 0 or by bitwise
+ *                           OR'ing together one or more of the values
+ *                           described in \ref mdbx_put() description above,
+ *                           and additionally
+ *                           (\ref MDBX_CURRENT | \ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE)
+ *                           combination for selection particular item from
+ *                           multi-value/duplicates.
+ *
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_replace(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, const MDBX_val *key,
+                             MDBX_val *new_data, MDBX_val *old_data,
+                             MDBX_put_flags_t flags);
+
+typedef int (*MDBX_preserve_func)(void *context, MDBX_val *target,
+                                  const void *src, size_t bytes);
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_replace_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi,
+                                const MDBX_val *key, MDBX_val *new_data,
+                                MDBX_val *old_data, MDBX_put_flags_t flags,
+                                MDBX_preserve_func preserver,
+                                void *preserver_context);
+
+/** \brief Delete items from a database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * This function removes key/data pairs from the database.
+ *
+ * \note The data parameter is NOT ignored regardless the database does
+ * support sorted duplicate data items or not. If the data parameter
+ * is non-NULL only the matching data item will be deleted. Otherwise, if data
+ * parameter is NULL, any/all value(s) for specified key will be deleted.
+ *
+ * This function will return \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND if the specified key/data
+ * pair is not in the database.
+ *
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn   A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi   A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] key   The key to delete from the database.
+ * \param [in] data  The data to delete.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES   An attempt was made to write
+ *                       in a read-only transaction.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_del(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, const MDBX_val *key,
+                         const MDBX_val *data);
+
+/** \brief Create a cursor handle but not bind it to transaction nor DBI handle.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * An capable of operation cursor is associated with a specific transaction and
+ * database. A cursor cannot be used when its database handle is closed. Nor
+ * when its transaction has ended, except with \ref mdbx_cursor_bind() and
+ * \ref mdbx_cursor_renew().
+ * Also it can be discarded with \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *
+ * A cursor must be closed explicitly always, before or after its transaction
+ * ends. It can be reused with \ref mdbx_cursor_bind()
+ * or \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() before finally closing it.
+ *
+ * \note In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX required that any opened cursors can be
+ * reused and must be freed explicitly, regardless ones was opened in a
+ * read-only or write transaction. The REASON for this is eliminates ambiguity
+ * which helps to avoid errors such as: use-after-free, double-free, i.e.
+ * memory corruption and segfaults.
+ *
+ * \param [in] context A pointer to application context to be associated with
+ *                     created cursor and could be retrieved by
+ *                     \ref mdbx_cursor_get_userctx() until cursor closed.
+ *
+ * \returns Created cursor handle or NULL in case out of memory. */
+LIBMDBX_API MDBX_cursor *mdbx_cursor_create(void *context);
+
+/** \brief Set application information associated with the \ref MDBX_cursor.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ * \see mdbx_cursor_get_userctx()
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor  An cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_create()
+ *                     or \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ * \param [in] ctx     An arbitrary pointer for whatever the application needs.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_set_userctx(MDBX_cursor *cursor, void *ctx);
+
+/** \brief Get the application information associated with the MDBX_cursor.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ * \see mdbx_cursor_set_userctx()
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor  An cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_create()
+ *                     or \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ * \returns The pointer which was passed via the `context` parameter
+ *          of `mdbx_cursor_create()` or set by \ref mdbx_cursor_set_userctx(),
+ *          or `NULL` if something wrong. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API void *
+mdbx_cursor_get_userctx(const MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \brief Bind cursor to specified transaction and DBI handle.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * Using of the `mdbx_cursor_bind()` is equivalent to calling
+ * \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() but with specifying an arbitrary dbi handle.
+ *
+ * An capable of operation cursor is associated with a specific transaction and
+ * database. The cursor may be associated with a new transaction,
+ * and referencing a new or the same database handle as it was created with.
+ * This may be done whether the previous transaction is live or dead.
+ *
+ * \note In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX required that any opened cursors can be
+ * reused and must be freed explicitly, regardless ones was opened in a
+ * read-only or write transaction. The REASON for this is eliminates ambiguity
+ * which helps to avoid errors such as: use-after-free, double-free, i.e.
+ * memory corruption and segfaults.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn      A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi      A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [out] cursor  A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_create().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL  An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_bind(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_cursor *cursor,
+                                 MDBX_dbi dbi);
+
+/** \brief Create a cursor handle for the specified transaction and DBI handle.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * Using of the `mdbx_cursor_open()` is equivalent to calling
+ * \ref mdbx_cursor_create() and then \ref mdbx_cursor_bind() functions.
+ *
+ * An capable of operation cursor is associated with a specific transaction and
+ * database. A cursor cannot be used when its database handle is closed. Nor
+ * when its transaction has ended, except with \ref mdbx_cursor_bind() and
+ * \ref mdbx_cursor_renew().
+ * Also it can be discarded with \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *
+ * A cursor must be closed explicitly always, before or after its transaction
+ * ends. It can be reused with \ref mdbx_cursor_bind()
+ * or \ref mdbx_cursor_renew() before finally closing it.
+ *
+ * \note In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX required that any opened cursors can be
+ * reused and must be freed explicitly, regardless ones was opened in a
+ * read-only or write transaction. The REASON for this is eliminates ambiguity
+ * which helps to avoid errors such as: use-after-free, double-free, i.e.
+ * memory corruption and segfaults.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn      A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi      A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [out] cursor  Address where the new \ref MDBX_cursor handle will be
+ *                      stored.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL  An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_open(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi,
+                                 MDBX_cursor **cursor);
+
+/** \brief Close a cursor handle.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * The cursor handle will be freed and must not be used again after this call,
+ * but its transaction may still be live.
+ *
+ * \note In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX required that any opened cursors can be
+ * reused and must be freed explicitly, regardless ones was opened in a
+ * read-only or write transaction. The REASON for this is eliminates ambiguity
+ * which helps to avoid errors such as: use-after-free, double-free, i.e.
+ * memory corruption and segfaults.
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor  A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open()
+ *                     or \ref mdbx_cursor_create(). */
+LIBMDBX_API void mdbx_cursor_close(MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \brief Renew a cursor handle.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * An capable of operation cursor is associated with a specific transaction and
+ * database. The cursor may be associated with a new transaction,
+ * and referencing a new or the same database handle as it was created with.
+ * This may be done whether the previous transaction is live or dead.
+ *
+ * Using of the `mdbx_cursor_renew()` is equivalent to calling
+ * \ref mdbx_cursor_bind() with the DBI handle that previously
+ * the cursor was used with.
+ *
+ * \note In contrast to LMDB, the MDBX allow any cursor to be re-used by using
+ * \ref mdbx_cursor_renew(), to avoid unnecessary malloc/free overhead until it
+ * freed by \ref mdbx_cursor_close().
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn      A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] cursor   A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL  An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_renew(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \brief Return the cursor's transaction handle.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open(). */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API MDBX_txn *
+mdbx_cursor_txn(const MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \brief Return the cursor's database handle.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor  A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open(). */
+LIBMDBX_API MDBX_dbi mdbx_cursor_dbi(const MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \brief Copy cursor position and state.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * \param [in] src       A source cursor handle returned
+ * by \ref mdbx_cursor_create() or \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ *
+ * \param [in,out] dest  A destination cursor handle returned
+ * by \ref mdbx_cursor_create() or \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_copy(const MDBX_cursor *src, MDBX_cursor *dest);
+
+/** \brief Retrieve by cursor.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors c_crud
+ *
+ * This function retrieves key/data pairs from the database. The address and
+ * length of the key are returned in the object to which key refers (except
+ * for the case of the \ref MDBX_SET option, in which the key object is
+ * unchanged), and the address and length of the data are returned in the object
+ * to which data refers.
+ * \see mdbx_get()
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor    A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ * \param [in,out] key   The key for a retrieved item.
+ * \param [in,out] data  The data of a retrieved item.
+ * \param [in] op        A cursor operation \ref MDBX_cursor_op.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND  No matching key found.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_get(MDBX_cursor *cursor, MDBX_val *key,
+                                MDBX_val *data, MDBX_cursor_op op);
+
+/** \brief Store by cursor.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors c_crud
+ *
+ * This function stores key/data pairs into the database. The cursor is
+ * positioned at the new item, or on failure usually near it.
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor    A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ * \param [in] key       The key operated on.
+ * \param [in,out] data  The data operated on.
+ * \param [in] flags     Options for this operation. This parameter
+ *                       must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together
+ *                       one or more of the values described here:
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CURRENT
+ *      Replace the item at the current cursor position. The key parameter
+ *      must still be provided, and must match it, otherwise the function
+ *      return \ref MDBX_EKEYMISMATCH. With combination the
+ *      \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS will replace all multi-values.
+ *
+ *      \note MDBX allows (unlike LMDB) you to change the size of the data and
+ *      automatically handles reordering for sorted duplicates
+ *      (see \ref MDBX_DUPSORT).
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_NODUPDATA
+ *      Enter the new key-value pair only if it does not already appear in the
+ *      database. This flag may only be specified if the database was opened
+ *      with \ref MDBX_DUPSORT. The function will return \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST
+ *      if the key/data pair already appears in the database.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE
+ *      Enter the new key/data pair only if the key does not already appear
+ *      in the database. The function will return \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST if the key
+ *      already appears in the database, even if the database supports
+ *      duplicates (\ref MDBX_DUPSORT).
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_RESERVE
+ *      Reserve space for data of the given size, but don't copy the given
+ *      data. Instead, return a pointer to the reserved space, which the
+ *      caller can fill in later - before the next update operation or the
+ *      transaction ends. This saves an extra memcpy if the data is being
+ *      generated later. This flag must not be specified if the database
+ *      was opened with \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_APPEND
+ *      Append the given key/data pair to the end of the database. No key
+ *      comparisons are performed. This option allows fast bulk loading when
+ *      keys are already known to be in the correct order. Loading unsorted
+ *      keys with this flag will cause a \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST error.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_APPENDDUP
+ *      As above, but for sorted dup data.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_MULTIPLE
+ *      Store multiple contiguous data elements in a single request. This flag
+ *      may only be specified if the database was opened with
+ *      \ref MDBX_DUPFIXED. With combination the \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS
+ *      will replace all multi-values.
+ *      The data argument must be an array of two \ref MDBX_val. The `iov_len`
+ *      of the first \ref MDBX_val must be the size of a single data element.
+ *      The `iov_base` of the first \ref MDBX_val must point to the beginning
+ *      of the array of contiguous data elements which must be properly aligned
+ *      in case of database with \ref MDBX_INTEGERDUP flag.
+ *      The `iov_len` of the second \ref MDBX_val must be the count of the
+ *      number of data elements to store. On return this field will be set to
+ *      the count of the number of elements actually written. The `iov_base` of
+ *      the second \ref MDBX_val is unused.
+ *
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EKEYMISMATCH  The given key value is mismatched to the current
+ *                            cursor position
+ * \retval MDBX_MAP_FULL      The database is full,
+ *                             see \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize().
+ * \retval MDBX_TXN_FULL      The transaction has too many dirty pages.
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES        An attempt was made to write in a read-only
+ *                            transaction.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL        An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_put(MDBX_cursor *cursor, const MDBX_val *key,
+                                MDBX_val *data, MDBX_put_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Delete current key/data pair.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors c_crud
+ *
+ * This function deletes the key/data pair to which the cursor refers. This
+ * does not invalidate the cursor, so operations such as \ref MDBX_NEXT can
+ * still be used on it. Both \ref MDBX_NEXT and \ref MDBX_GET_CURRENT will
+ * return the same record after this operation.
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor  A cursor handle returned by mdbx_cursor_open().
+ * \param [in] flags   Options for this operation. This parameter must be set
+ * to one of the values described here.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CURRENT Delete only single entry at current cursor position.
+ *  - \ref MDBX_ALLDUPS
+ *    or \ref MDBX_NODUPDATA (supported for compatibility)
+ *      Delete all of the data items for the current key. This flag has effect
+ *      only for database(s) was created with \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_MAP_FULL      The database is full,
+ *                            see \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize().
+ * \retval MDBX_TXN_FULL      The transaction has too many dirty pages.
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES        An attempt was made to write in a read-only
+ *                            transaction.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL        An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_del(MDBX_cursor *cursor, MDBX_put_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Return count of duplicates for current key.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors c_crud
+ *
+ * This call is valid for all databases, but reasonable only for that support
+ * sorted duplicate data items \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor    A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ * \param [out] pcount   Address where the count will be stored.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_THREAD_MISMATCH  Given transaction is not owned
+ *                               by current thread.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL   Cursor is not initialized, or an invalid parameter
+ *                       was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_count(const MDBX_cursor *cursor, size_t *pcount);
+
+/** \brief Determines whether the cursor is pointed to a key-value pair or not,
+ * i.e. was not positioned or points to the end of data.
+ * \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor    A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ *
+ * \returns A \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE or \ref MDBX_RESULT_FALSE value,
+ *          otherwise the error code:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE    No more data available or cursor not
+ *                             positioned
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_FALSE   A data is available
+ * \retval Otherwise the error code */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int
+mdbx_cursor_eof(const MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \brief Determines whether the cursor is pointed to the first key-value pair
+ * or not. \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor    A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ *
+ * \returns A MDBX_RESULT_TRUE or MDBX_RESULT_FALSE value,
+ *          otherwise the error code:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE   Cursor positioned to the first key-value pair
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_FALSE  Cursor NOT positioned to the first key-value
+ * pair \retval Otherwise the error code */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int
+mdbx_cursor_on_first(const MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \brief Determines whether the cursor is pointed to the last key-value pair
+ * or not. \ingroup c_cursors
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor    A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ *
+ * \returns A \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE or \ref MDBX_RESULT_FALSE value,
+ *          otherwise the error code:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE   Cursor positioned to the last key-value pair
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_FALSE  Cursor NOT positioned to the last key-value pair
+ * \retval Otherwise the error code */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int
+mdbx_cursor_on_last(const MDBX_cursor *cursor);
+
+/** \addtogroup c_rqest
+ * \details \note The estimation result varies greatly depending on the filling
+ * of specific pages and the overall balance of the b-tree:
+ *
+ * 1. The number of items is estimated by analyzing the height and fullness of
+ * the b-tree. The accuracy of the result directly depends on the balance of
+ * the b-tree, which in turn is determined by the history of previous
+ * insert/delete operations and the nature of the data (i.e. variability of
+ * keys length and so on). Therefore, the accuracy of the estimation can vary
+ * greatly in a particular situation.
+ *
+ * 2. To understand the potential spread of results, you should consider a
+ * possible situations basing on the general criteria for splitting and merging
+ * b-tree pages:
+ *  - the page is split into two when there is no space for added data;
+ *  - two pages merge if the result fits in half a page;
+ *  - thus, the b-tree can consist of an arbitrary combination of pages filled
+ *    both completely and only 1/4. Therefore, in the worst case, the result
+ *    can diverge 4 times for each level of the b-tree excepting the first and
+ *    the last.
+ *
+ * 3. In practice, the probability of extreme cases of the above situation is
+ * close to zero and in most cases the error does not exceed a few percent. On
+ * the other hand, it's just a chance you shouldn't overestimate. */
+
+/** \brief Estimates the distance between cursors as a number of elements.
+ * \ingroup c_rqest
+ *
+ * This function performs a rough estimate based only on b-tree pages that are
+ * common for the both cursor's stacks. The results of such estimation can be
+ * used to build and/or optimize query execution plans.
+ *
+ * Please see notes on accuracy of the result in the details
+ * of \ref c_rqest section.
+ *
+ * Both cursors must be initialized for the same database and the same
+ * transaction.
+ *
+ * \param [in] first            The first cursor for estimation.
+ * \param [in] last             The second cursor for estimation.
+ * \param [out] distance_items  The pointer to store estimated distance value,
+ *                              i.e. `*distance_items = distance(first, last)`.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_estimate_distance(const MDBX_cursor *first,
+                                       const MDBX_cursor *last,
+                                       ptrdiff_t *distance_items);
+
+/** \brief Estimates the move distance.
+ * \ingroup c_rqest
+ *
+ * This function performs a rough estimate distance between the current
+ * cursor position and next position after the specified move-operation with
+ * given key and data. The results of such estimation can be used to build
+ * and/or optimize query execution plans. Current cursor position and state are
+ * preserved.
+ *
+ * Please see notes on accuracy of the result in the details
+ * of \ref c_rqest section.
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor            Cursor for estimation.
+ * \param [in,out] key           The key for a retrieved item.
+ * \param [in,out] data          The data of a retrieved item.
+ * \param [in] move_op           A cursor operation \ref MDBX_cursor_op.
+ * \param [out] distance_items   A pointer to store estimated move distance
+ *                               as the number of elements.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_estimate_move(const MDBX_cursor *cursor, MDBX_val *key,
+                                   MDBX_val *data, MDBX_cursor_op move_op,
+                                   ptrdiff_t *distance_items);
+
+/** \brief Estimates the size of a range as a number of elements.
+ * \ingroup c_rqest
+ *
+ * The results of such estimation can be used to build and/or optimize query
+ * execution plans.
+ *
+ * Please see notes on accuracy of the result in the details
+ * of \ref c_rqest section.
+ *
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn        A transaction handle returned
+ *                        by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi        A database handle returned by  \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] begin_key  The key of range beginning or NULL for explicit FIRST.
+ * \param [in] begin_data Optional additional data to seeking among sorted
+ *                        duplicates.
+ *                        Only for \ref MDBX_DUPSORT, NULL otherwise.
+ * \param [in] end_key    The key of range ending or NULL for explicit LAST.
+ * \param [in] end_data   Optional additional data to seeking among sorted
+ *                        duplicates.
+ *                        Only for \ref MDBX_DUPSORT, NULL otherwise.
+ * \param [out] distance_items  A pointer to store range estimation result.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_estimate_range(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi,
+                                    MDBX_val *begin_key, MDBX_val *begin_data,
+                                    MDBX_val *end_key, MDBX_val *end_data,
+                                    ptrdiff_t *distance_items);
+
+/** \brief The EPSILON value for mdbx_estimate_range()
+ * \ingroup c_rqest */
+#define MDBX_EPSILON ((MDBX_val *)((ptrdiff_t)-1))
+
+/** \brief Determines whether the given address is on a dirty database page of
+ * the transaction or not. \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * Ultimately, this allows to avoid copy data from non-dirty pages.
+ *
+ * "Dirty" pages are those that have already been changed during a write
+ * transaction. Accordingly, any further changes may result in such pages being
+ * overwritten. Therefore, all functions libmdbx performing changes inside the
+ * database as arguments should NOT get pointers to data in those pages. In
+ * turn, "not dirty" pages before modification will be copied.
+ *
+ * In other words, data from dirty pages must either be copied before being
+ * passed as arguments for further processing or rejected at the argument
+ * validation stage. Thus, `mdbx_is_dirty()` allows you to get rid of
+ * unnecessary copying, and perform a more complete check of the arguments.
+ *
+ * \note The address passed must point to the beginning of the data. This is
+ * the only way to ensure that the actual page header is physically located in
+ * the same memory page, including for multi-pages with long data.
+ *
+ * \note In rare cases the function may return a false positive answer
+ * (\ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE when data is NOT on a dirty page), but never a false
+ * negative if the arguments are correct.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn      A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] ptr      The address of data to check.
+ *
+ * \returns A MDBX_RESULT_TRUE or MDBX_RESULT_FALSE value,
+ *          otherwise the error code:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE    Given address is on the dirty page.
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_FALSE   Given address is NOT on the dirty page.
+ * \retval Otherwise the error code. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_is_dirty(const MDBX_txn *txn,
+                                                         const void *ptr);
+
+/** \brief Sequence generation for a database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * The function allows to create a linear sequence of unique positive integers
+ * for each database. The function can be called for a read transaction to
+ * retrieve the current sequence value, and the increment must be zero.
+ * Sequence changes become visible outside the current write transaction after
+ * it is committed, and discarded on abort.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn        A transaction handle returned
+ *                        by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi        A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [out] result    The optional address where the value of sequence
+ *                        before the change will be stored.
+ * \param [in] increment  Value to increase the sequence,
+ *                        must be 0 for read-only transactions.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_RESULT_TRUE   Increasing the sequence has resulted in an
+ *                            overflow and therefore cannot be executed. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_sequence(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, uint64_t *result,
+                                  uint64_t increment);
+
+/** \brief Compare two keys according to a particular database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * This returns a comparison as if the two data items were keys in the
+ * specified database.
+ *
+ * \warning There ss a Undefined behavior if one of arguments is invalid.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn   A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi   A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] a     The first item to compare.
+ * \param [in] b     The second item to compare.
+ *
+ * \returns < 0 if a < b, 0 if a == b, > 0 if a > b */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cmp(const MDBX_txn *txn,
+                                                    MDBX_dbi dbi,
+                                                    const MDBX_val *a,
+                                                    const MDBX_val *b);
+
+/** \brief Returns default internal key's comparator for given database flags.
+ * \ingroup c_extra */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API MDBX_cmp_func *
+mdbx_get_keycmp(MDBX_db_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief Compare two data items according to a particular database.
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ *
+ * This returns a comparison as if the two items were data items of the
+ * specified database.
+ *
+ * \warning There ss a Undefined behavior if one of arguments is invalid.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn   A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi   A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] a     The first item to compare.
+ * \param [in] b     The second item to compare.
+ *
+ * \returns < 0 if a < b, 0 if a == b, > 0 if a > b */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dcmp(const MDBX_txn *txn,
+                                                     MDBX_dbi dbi,
+                                                     const MDBX_val *a,
+                                                     const MDBX_val *b);
+
+/** \brief Returns default internal data's comparator for given database flags
+ * \ingroup c_extra */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_CONST_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API MDBX_cmp_func *
+mdbx_get_datacmp(MDBX_db_flags_t flags);
+
+/** \brief A callback function used to enumerate the reader lock table.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] ctx           An arbitrary context pointer for the callback.
+ * \param [in] num           The serial number during enumeration,
+ *                           starting from 1.
+ * \param [in] slot          The reader lock table slot number.
+ * \param [in] txnid         The ID of the transaction being read,
+ *                           i.e. the MVCC-snapshot number.
+ * \param [in] lag           The lag from a recent MVCC-snapshot,
+ *                           i.e. the number of committed write transactions
+ *                           since the current read transaction started.
+ * \param [in] pid           The reader process ID.
+ * \param [in] thread        The reader thread ID.
+ * \param [in] bytes_used    The number of last used page in the MVCC-snapshot
+ *                           which being read,
+ *                           i.e. database file can't shrinked beyond this.
+ * \param [in] bytes_retired The total size of the database pages that were
+ *                           retired by committed write transactions after
+ *                           the reader's MVCC-snapshot,
+ *                           i.e. the space which would be freed after
+ *                           the Reader releases the MVCC-snapshot
+ *                           for reuse by completion read transaction.
+ *
+ * \returns < 0 on failure, >= 0 on success. \see mdbx_reader_list() */
+typedef int(MDBX_reader_list_func)(void *ctx, int num, int slot, mdbx_pid_t pid,
+                                   mdbx_tid_t thread, uint64_t txnid,
+                                   uint64_t lag, size_t bytes_used,
+                                   size_t bytes_retained) MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT;
+
+/** \brief Enumerate the entries in the reader lock table.
+ *
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] func    A \ref MDBX_reader_list_func function.
+ * \param [in] ctx     An arbitrary context pointer for the enumeration
+ *                     function.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ * or \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE if the reader lock table is empty. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_reader_list(const MDBX_env *env,
+                                 MDBX_reader_list_func *func, void *ctx);
+
+/** \brief Check for stale entries in the reader lock table.
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [out] dead   Number of stale slots that were cleared.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ * or \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE if a dead reader(s) found or mutex was recovered. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_reader_check(MDBX_env *env, int *dead);
+
+/** \brief Returns a lag of the reading for the given transaction.
+ * \ingroup c_statinfo
+ *
+ * Returns an information for estimate how much given read-only
+ * transaction is lagging relative the to actual head.
+ * \deprecated Please use \ref mdbx_txn_info() instead.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn       A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [out] percent  Percentage of page allocation in the database.
+ *
+ * \returns Number of transactions committed after the given was started for
+ *          read, or negative value on failure. */
+MDBX_DEPRECATED LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_txn_straggler(const MDBX_txn *txn,
+                                                   int *percent);
+
+/** \brief Registers the current thread as a reader for the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * To perform read operations without blocking, a reader slot must be assigned
+ * for each thread. However, this assignment requires a short-term lock
+ * acquisition which is performed automatically. This function allows you to
+ * assign the reader slot in advance and thus avoid capturing the blocker when
+ * the read transaction starts firstly from current thread.
+ * \see mdbx_thread_unregister()
+ *
+ * \note Threads are registered automatically the first time a read transaction
+ *       starts. Therefore, there is no need to use this function, except in
+ *       special cases.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ * or \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE if thread is already registered. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_thread_register(const MDBX_env *env);
+
+/** \brief Unregisters the current thread as a reader for the environment.
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ *
+ * To perform read operations without blocking, a reader slot must be assigned
+ * for each thread. However, the assigned reader slot will remain occupied until
+ * the thread ends or the environment closes. This function allows you to
+ * explicitly release the assigned reader slot.
+ * \see mdbx_thread_register()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success, or
+ * \ref MDBX_RESULT_TRUE if thread is not registered or already unregistered. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_thread_unregister(const MDBX_env *env);
+
+/** \brief A Handle-Slow-Readers callback function to resolve database
+ * full/overflow issue due to a reader(s) which prevents the old data from being
+ * recycled.
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ *
+ * Read transactions prevent reuse of pages freed by newer write transactions,
+ * thus the database can grow quickly. This callback will be called when there
+ * is not enough space in the database (i.e. before increasing the database size
+ * or before \ref MDBX_MAP_FULL error) and thus can be used to resolve issues
+ * with a "long-lived" read transactions.
+ * \see long-lived-read
+ *
+ * Using this callback you can choose how to resolve the situation:
+ *   - abort the write transaction with an error;
+ *   - wait for the read transaction(s) to complete;
+ *   - notify a thread performing a long-lived read transaction
+ *     and wait for an effect;
+ *   - kill the thread or whole process that performs the long-lived read
+ *     transaction;
+ *
+ * Depending on the arguments and needs, your implementation may wait,
+ * terminate a process or thread that is performing a long read, or perform
+ * some other action. In doing so it is important that the returned code always
+ * corresponds to the performed action.
+ *
+ * \param [in] env     An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] txn     The current write transaction which internally at
+ *                     the \ref MDBX_MAP_FULL condition.
+ * \param [in] pid     A pid of the reader process.
+ * \param [in] tid     A thread_id of the reader thread.
+ * \param [in] laggard An oldest read transaction number on which stalled.
+ * \param [in] gap     A lag from the last committed txn.
+ * \param [in] space   A space that actually become available for reuse after
+ *                     this reader finished. The callback function can take
+ *                     this value into account to evaluate the impact that
+ *                     a long-running transaction has.
+ * \param [in] retry   A retry number starting from 0.
+ *                     If callback has returned 0 at least once, then at end
+ *                     of current handling loop the callback function will be
+ *                     called additionally with negative value to notify about
+ *                     the end of loop. The callback function can use this value
+ *                     to implement timeout logic while waiting for readers.
+ *
+ * \returns The RETURN CODE determines the further actions libmdbx and must
+ *          match the action which was executed by the callback:
+ *
+ * \retval -2 or less  An error condition and the reader was not killed.
+ *
+ * \retval -1          The callback was unable to solve the problem and
+ *                     agreed on \ref MDBX_MAP_FULL error;
+ *                     libmdbx should increase the database size or
+ *                     return \ref MDBX_MAP_FULL error.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 (zero)    The callback solved the problem or just waited for
+ *                     a while, libmdbx should rescan the reader lock table and
+ *                     retry. This also includes a situation when corresponding
+ *                     transaction terminated in normal way by
+ *                     \ref mdbx_txn_abort() or \ref mdbx_txn_reset(),
+ *                     and my be restarted. I.e. reader slot don't needed
+ *                     to be cleaned from transaction.
+ *
+ * \retval 1           Transaction aborted asynchronous and reader slot
+ *                     should be cleared immediately, i.e. read transaction
+ *                     will not continue but \ref mdbx_txn_abort()
+ *                     or \ref mdbx_txn_reset() will be called later.
+ *
+ * \retval 2 or great  The reader process was terminated or killed,
+ *                     and libmdbx should entirely reset reader registration.
+ *
+ * \see mdbx_env_set_hsr() \see mdbx_env_get_hsr()
+ */
+typedef int(MDBX_hsr_func)(const MDBX_env *env, const MDBX_txn *txn,
+                           mdbx_pid_t pid, mdbx_tid_t tid, uint64_t laggard,
+                           unsigned gap, size_t space,
+                           int retry) MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT;
+
+/** \brief Sets a Handle-Slow-Readers callback to resolve database full/overflow
+ * issue due to a reader(s) which prevents the old data from being recycled.
+ * \ingroup c_err
+ *
+ * The callback will only be triggered when the database is full due to a
+ * reader(s) prevents the old data from being recycled.
+ *
+ * \see mdbx_env_get_hsr()
+ * \see long-lived-read
+ *
+ * \param [in] env             An environment handle returned
+ *                             by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ * \param [in] hsr_callback    A \ref MDBX_hsr_func function
+ *                             or NULL to disable.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_set_hsr(MDBX_env *env, MDBX_hsr_func *hsr_callback);
+
+/** \brief Gets current Handle-Slow-Readers callback used to resolve database
+ * full/overflow issue due to a reader(s) which prevents the old data from being
+ * recycled.
+ * \see mdbx_env_set_hsr()
+ *
+ * \param [in] env   An environment handle returned by \ref mdbx_env_create().
+ *
+ * \returns A MDBX_hsr_func function or NULL if disabled
+ *          or something wrong. */
+MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION LIBMDBX_API MDBX_hsr_func *
+mdbx_env_get_hsr(const MDBX_env *env);
+
+/** \defgroup btree_traversal B-tree Traversal
+ * This is internal API for mdbx_chk tool. You should avoid to use it, except
+ * some extremal special cases.
+ * \ingroup c_extra
+ * @{ */
+
+/** \brief Page types for traverse the b-tree.
+ * \see mdbx_env_pgwalk() \see MDBX_pgvisitor_func */
+enum MDBX_page_type_t {
+  MDBX_page_broken,
+  MDBX_page_meta,
+  MDBX_page_large,
+  MDBX_page_branch,
+  MDBX_page_leaf,
+  MDBX_page_dupfixed_leaf,
+  MDBX_subpage_leaf,
+  MDBX_subpage_dupfixed_leaf,
+  MDBX_subpage_broken,
+};
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+typedef enum MDBX_page_type_t MDBX_page_type_t;
+#endif
+
+/** \brief Pseudo-name for MainDB */
+#define MDBX_PGWALK_MAIN ((const char *)((ptrdiff_t)0))
+/** \brief Pseudo-name for GarbageCollectorDB */
+#define MDBX_PGWALK_GC ((const char *)((ptrdiff_t)-1))
+/** \brief Pseudo-name for MetaPages */
+#define MDBX_PGWALK_META ((const char *)((ptrdiff_t)-2))
+
+/** \brief Callback function for traverse the b-tree. \see mdbx_env_pgwalk() */
+typedef int MDBX_pgvisitor_func(
+    const uint64_t pgno, const unsigned number, void *const ctx, const int deep,
+    const char *const dbi, const size_t page_size, const MDBX_page_type_t type,
+    const MDBX_error_t err, const size_t nentries, const size_t payload_bytes,
+    const size_t header_bytes, const size_t unused_bytes) MDBX_CXX17_NOEXCEPT;
+
+/** \brief B-tree traversal function. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_pgwalk(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_pgvisitor_func *visitor,
+                                void *ctx, bool dont_check_keys_ordering);
+
+/** \brief Open an environment instance using specific meta-page
+ * for checking and recovery.
+ *
+ * This function mostly of internal API for `mdbx_chk` utility and subject to
+ * change at any time. Do not use this function to avoid shooting your own
+ * leg(s). */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_open_for_recovery(MDBX_env *env, const char *pathname,
+                                           unsigned target_meta,
+                                           bool writeable);
+
+/** \brief Turn database to the specified meta-page.
+ *
+ * This function mostly of internal API for `mdbx_chk` utility and subject to
+ * change at any time. Do not use this function to avoid shooting your own
+ * leg(s). */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_env_turn_for_recovery(MDBX_env *env, unsigned target_meta);
+
+/** @} B-tree Traversal */
+
+/**** Attribute support functions for Nexenta
+ * *******************************************/
+#if defined(MDBX_NEXENTA_ATTRS) || defined(DOXYGEN)
+/** \defgroup nexenta Attribute support functions for Nexenta
+ * \ingroup c_crud
+ * @{ */
+typedef uint_fast64_t mdbx_attr_t;
+
+/** Store by cursor with attribute.
+ *
+ * This function stores key/data pairs into the database. The cursor is
+ * positioned at the new item, or on failure usually near it.
+ *
+ * \note Internally based on \ref MDBX_RESERVE feature,
+ *       therefore doesn't support \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor  A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open()
+ * \param [in] key     The key operated on.
+ * \param [in] data    The data operated on.
+ * \param [in] attr    The attribute.
+ * \param [in] flags   Options for this operation. This parameter must be set
+ *                     to 0 or one of the values described here:
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CURRENT
+ *      Replace the item at the current cursor position. The key parameter
+ *      must still be provided, and must match it, otherwise the function
+ *      return \ref MDBX_EKEYMISMATCH.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_APPEND
+ *      Append the given key/data pair to the end of the database. No key
+ *      comparisons are performed. This option allows fast bulk loading when
+ *      keys are already known to be in the correct order. Loading unsorted
+ *      keys with this flag will cause a \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST error.
+ *
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_EKEYMISMATCH
+ * \retval MDBX_MAP_FULL  The database is full, see \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize().
+ * \retval MDBX_TXN_FULL  The transaction has too many dirty pages.
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES    An attempt was made to write in a read-only
+ *                        transaction.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    an invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_put_attr(MDBX_cursor *cursor, MDBX_val *key,
+                                     MDBX_val *data, mdbx_attr_t attr,
+                                     MDBX_put_flags_t flags);
+
+/** Store items and attributes into a database.
+ *
+ * This function stores key/data pairs in the database. The default behavior
+ * is to enter the new key/data pair, replacing any previously existing key
+ * if duplicates are disallowed.
+ *
+ * \note Internally based on \ref MDBX_RESERVE feature,
+ *       therefore doesn't support \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn       A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi       A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] key       The key to store in the database.
+ * \param [in] attr      The attribute to store in the database.
+ * \param [in,out] data  The data to store.
+ * \param [in] flags     Special options for this operation. This parameter
+ *                       must be set to 0 or by bitwise OR'ing together one or
+ *                       more of the values described here:
+ *  - \ref MDBX_NOOVERWRITE
+ *      Enter the new key/data pair only if the key does not already appear
+ *      in the database. The function will return \ref MDBX_KEYEXIST if the key
+ *      already appears in the database. The data parameter will be set to
+ *      point to the existing item.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_CURRENT
+ *      Update an single existing entry, but not add new ones. The function
+ *      will return \ref MDBX_NOTFOUND if the given key not exist in the
+ *      database. Or the \ref MDBX_EMULTIVAL in case duplicates for the given
+ *     key.
+ *
+ *  - \ref MDBX_APPEND
+ *      Append the given key/data pair to the end of the database. This option
+ *      allows fast bulk loading when keys are already known to be in the
+ *      correct order. Loading unsorted keys with this flag will cause
+ *      a \ref MDBX_EKEYMISMATCH error.
+ *
+ * \see \ref c_crud_hints "Quick reference for Insert/Update/Delete operations"
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_KEYEXIST
+ * \retval MDBX_MAP_FULL  The database is full, see \ref mdbx_env_set_mapsize().
+ * \retval MDBX_TXN_FULL  The transaction has too many dirty pages.
+ * \retval MDBX_EACCES    An attempt was made to write
+ *                        in a read-only transaction.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_put_attr(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, MDBX_val *key,
+                              MDBX_val *data, mdbx_attr_t attr,
+                              MDBX_put_flags_t flags);
+
+/** Set items attribute from a database.
+ *
+ * This function stores key/data pairs attribute to the database.
+ *
+ * \note Internally based on \ref MDBX_RESERVE feature,
+ *       therefore doesn't support \ref MDBX_DUPSORT.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn   A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi   A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] key   The key to search for in the database.
+ * \param [in] data  The data to be stored or NULL to save previous value.
+ * \param [in] attr  The attribute to be stored.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND   The key-value pair was not in the database.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL     An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_set_attr(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, MDBX_val *key,
+                              MDBX_val *data, mdbx_attr_t attr);
+
+/** Get items attribute from a database cursor.
+ *
+ * This function retrieves key/data pairs from the database. The address and
+ * length of the key are returned in the object to which key refers (except
+ * for the case of the \ref MDBX_SET option, in which the key object is
+ * unchanged), and the address and length of the data are returned in the object
+ * to which data refers.
+ * \see mdbx_get()
+ *
+ * \param [in] cursor    A cursor handle returned by \ref mdbx_cursor_open().
+ * \param [in,out] key   The key for a retrieved item.
+ * \param [in,out] data  The data of a retrieved item.
+ * \param [out] pattr    The pointer to retrieve attribute.
+ * \param [in] op        A cursor operation MDBX_cursor_op.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND  No matching key found.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_cursor_get_attr(MDBX_cursor *cursor, MDBX_val *key,
+                                     MDBX_val *data, mdbx_attr_t *pattr,
+                                     MDBX_cursor_op op);
+
+/** Get items attribute from a database.
+ *
+ * This function retrieves key/data pairs from the database. The address
+ * and length of the data associated with the specified key are returned
+ * in the structure to which data refers.
+ * If the database supports duplicate keys (see \ref MDBX_DUPSORT) then the
+ * first data item for the key will be returned. Retrieval of other
+ * items requires the use of \ref mdbx_cursor_get().
+ *
+ * \note The memory pointed to by the returned values is owned by the
+ * database. The caller need not dispose of the memory, and may not
+ * modify it in any way. For values returned in a read-only transaction
+ * any modification attempts will cause a `SIGSEGV`.
+ *
+ * \note Values returned from the database are valid only until a
+ * subsequent update operation, or the end of the transaction.
+ *
+ * \param [in] txn       A transaction handle returned by \ref mdbx_txn_begin().
+ * \param [in] dbi       A database handle returned by \ref mdbx_dbi_open().
+ * \param [in] key       The key to search for in the database.
+ * \param [in,out] data  The data corresponding to the key.
+ * \param [out] pattr    The pointer to retrieve attribute.
+ *
+ * \returns A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success,
+ *          some possible errors are:
+ * \retval MDBX_NOTFOUND  The key was not in the database.
+ * \retval MDBX_EINVAL    An invalid parameter was specified. */
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_get_attr(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_dbi dbi, MDBX_val *key,
+                              MDBX_val *data, mdbx_attr_t *pattr);
+/** @} end of Attribute support functions for Nexenta */
+#endif /* MDBX_NEXENTA_ATTRS */
+
+/** @} end of C API */
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Workaround for mmaped-lookahead-cross-page-boundary bug
+ * in an obsolete versions of Elbrus's libc and kernels. */
+#if defined(__e2k__) && defined(MDBX_E2K_MLHCPB_WORKAROUND) &&                 \
+    MDBX_E2K_MLHCPB_WORKAROUND
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_e2k_memcmp_bug_workaround(const void *s1, const void *s2,
+                                               size_t n);
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_e2k_strcmp_bug_workaround(const char *s1, const char *s2);
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_e2k_strncmp_bug_workaround(const char *s1, const char *s2,
+                                                size_t n);
+LIBMDBX_API size_t mdbx_e2k_strlen_bug_workaround(const char *s);
+LIBMDBX_API size_t mdbx_e2k_strnlen_bug_workaround(const char *s,
+                                                   size_t maxlen);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+namespace std {
+inline int mdbx_e2k_memcmp_bug_workaround(const void *s1, const void *s2,
+                                          size_t n) {
+  return ::mdbx_e2k_memcmp_bug_workaround(s1, s2, n);
+}
+inline int mdbx_e2k_strcmp_bug_workaround(const char *s1, const char *s2) {
+  return ::mdbx_e2k_strcmp_bug_workaround(s1, s2);
+}
+inline int mdbx_e2k_strncmp_bug_workaround(const char *s1, const char *s2,
+                                           size_t n) {
+  return ::mdbx_e2k_strncmp_bug_workaround(s1, s2, n);
+}
+inline size_t mdbx_e2k_strlen_bug_workaround(const char *s) {
+  return ::mdbx_e2k_strlen_bug_workaround(s);
+}
+inline size_t mdbx_e2k_strnlen_bug_workaround(const char *s, size_t maxlen) {
+  return ::mdbx_e2k_strnlen_bug_workaround(s, maxlen);
+}
+} // namespace std
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#undef memcmp
+#define memcmp mdbx_e2k_memcmp_bug_workaround
+#undef bcmp
+#define bcmp mdbx_e2k_memcmp_bug_workaround
+#undef strcmp
+#define strcmp mdbx_e2k_strcmp_bug_workaround
+#undef strncmp
+#define strncmp mdbx_e2k_strncmp_bug_workaround
+#undef strlen
+#define strlen mdbx_e2k_strlen_bug_workaround
+#undef strnlen
+#define strnlen mdbx_e2k_strnlen_bug_workaround
+#endif /* MDBX_E2K_MLHCPB_WORKAROUND */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
+#endif /* LIBMDBX_H */
diff --git a/libmdbx.cabal b/libmdbx.cabal
--- a/libmdbx.cabal
+++ b/libmdbx.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           libmdbx
-version:        0.1.0.1
+version:        0.1.0.2
 synopsis:       Bindings for libmdbx, an embedded key/value store
 description:    Haskell bindings for [libmdbx](https://github.com/erthink/libmdbx).
                 .
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@
       src
   include-dirs:
       cbits/libmdbx
+  install-includes:
+      cbits/libmdbx/mdbx.h
   c-sources:
       cbits/libmdbx/mdbx.c
   build-tools:
       c2hs
   build-depends:
-      base >=4.7 && <5
+      base >=4.11 && <5
     , mtl >=2.1 && <2.3
     , text ==1.2.*
   default-language: Haskell2010
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@
       app
   ghc-options: -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
   build-depends:
-      base >=4.7 && <5
+      base >=4.11 && <5
     , bytestring >=0.10 && <0.12
     , libmdbx
     , mtl >=2.1 && <2.3
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@
       test
   ghc-options: -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
   build-depends:
-      base >=4.7 && <5
+      base >=4.11 && <5
     , libmdbx
     , mtl >=2.1 && <2.3
     , text ==1.2.*
