pfultz2/Cloak
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A mini-preprocessor library to demostrate the recursive capabilites of the preprocessor
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…other preprocessors let you do that using builtins which are fast and easy to grok. See for example https://github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/wiki/C-Preprocessor-tricks,... Poor C preprocessor performance has a negative real world impact, for…
comment by skissane · 2024-09-03 · in Greppability is an underrated code metric -
…WHEN(IS_PAREN(args))(EXPAND(EXPAND args))) #define NO_ARGS Where cloak.h is https://github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/blob/master/cloak.h The above macros are admitttedly very hairy. If C had a better preprocessor, but was otherwise unchanged,
comment by skissane · 2023-06-24 · in Object-oriented Programming with ANSI-C (1993) [pdf] -
…end up unintentionally upsetting some people with it. [0] https://github.com/scallyw4g/poof [1] https://github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/wiki/C-Preprocessor-tricks,...
comment by skissane · 2023-04-17 · in Plain C API design, the real world Kobayashi Maru test -
Well, mostly I use idioms from the Cloak Wiki ( https://github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/wiki/C-Preprocessor-tricks,... ). It takes some time to realise them :)
comment by Hirrolot · 2021-02-04 · in Datatype99: C99 with Sum Types, v0.1.0 -
…it. Regardless, here's a link that seems to cover this and other somewhat more obscure techniques: https://github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/wiki/C-Preprocessor-tricks,...
comment by yoklov · 2016-02-29 · in C preprocessor tips and tricks -
…an excellent guide on recursion in macros, see this article on how to abuse the C pre-processor: https://github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/wiki/C-Preprocessor-tricks,... . In the end I end up defining structs like this: SERIALIZER_STRUCT(…
comment by asteadman · 2015-10-13 · in Struct Iteration Through Abuse of the C Preprocessor -
…x = y; \ y = x##y; \ } Also, you can be tricky and "co-recurse" in macros, which is explained here: https://github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/wiki/C-Preprocessor-tricks,... Regarding each-it, I think its pretty doable in C. Right off the top of my…
comment by tolmasky · 2014-09-15 · in Comparative Macrology