1MONGOC_COLLECTION_DELETE(3) libmongoc MONGOC_COLLECTION_DELETE(3)
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6 Deprecated since version 1.9.0: This function is deprecated and
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15 mongoc_collection_delete (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
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17 const bson_t *selector,
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20 BSON_GNUC_DEPRECATED_FOR (mongoc_collection_delete_one or
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