It is common to have some data indexed by a name.
If you want to sort a list of such data, you would
have to re-implement your own compare function each time.
Instead, add NMUtilsNamedEntry which as first field has
the name. So, you can create your own struct:
struct my_data {
const char *name;
... other fields
}
and compare them with with nm_utils_named_entry_cmp().
For convenience, add another struct NMUtilsNamedValue, which
has only one data field, a pointer.