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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Compiler design in C?
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jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> writes:

> Look, you are effectively missing some context here. This function is
> included in a small C file that
>
> #define ElementType MyPieceOfData
>
> where "MyPieceOfData" can be a type you use whatever.
>
> Then you compile your small file
> #include "valarraygen.c"
>
> and your type will have a vector-array for it, complete with a
> standard interface. You can put the code in a library and only the
> functions that you use will get included in the final executable.

How do I have two similar containers with dissimilar types in the same
function?

> Not very difficult Mr Thompson.

Nowhere near as simple as C++ though.