z_

Core Language Module with datatypes, memory tracker, and more.

This library provides Core Functionality built upon the C language. Inspired and taken from Modern Languages such as Python, Rust etc.

• Memory Management: Allocators, Memory Debugger.
• Types & Data Structures: Clean Systematic Data types and Structures with feature-full fuctionality.
• Meta-Programming: An absolute abuse of C-preprocessor.
• Utilities: Mini Libraries and modules for extendend fucntionality (e.g. TUI) and wrappers (e.g. curl, cglm)

List of sub-modules of provided by the library.

Meta-programming using C-preprocessor. Explore Source

Helper function for preprocessor macros, not used directly

Stuff that is probably needed everywhere.

z_ is made with modularity in mind so many parts of it are as self-isolated as they can, it doesn't even include standard library except stddef.h, stdint.h and stdbool.h for type declaration but they still require the bare minimum base for to be working properly such as, z_/arr.h can be included in itself but it still require base.h of types for z__u32 and mem.h for memory allocation definitions.

Therefore, You need to explicitly include the <stdlib.h>, <string.h>.

Inorder to integrated z_ in your project only

git clone --depth=1 git://github.com/zakarouf/z_.git
sh build.sh lib

Will result headers at ./build/include as z_ directory.
Copy the z_ folder onto your include directory and we are good to go.

#include <z_/z_.h>

Run the build.sh script, with the following parameters

sh build.sh install lib

By Default, the path for Headers is usr/local/include/z_, you can change it by editing the build.sh file itself, INCLUDE_DIR to be specfic.

z_ is now uses stb-style header impletation macro without compiling a .a library to link to. Define Z__IMPLEMENTATION in any one of the source file before including the header. I would recommended creating a seperate empty source file with all the impletation defined.

#define Z__IMPLEMENTATION
#include <z_/time.h>

Overview on the library

Additional syntax Highlighting for types and such are include in the extra/c.vim. To add it into your project, either copy the contents of the c.vim file or put c.vim into your after/syntax folder, such as ~/.config/vim/after/syntax/ directory. This will load on top of your syntax highlighting for every .c file.

z_ had a humble beginning as a single header for defining primitive types in ztorg project.
Later on I added more quality of life stuff such as Type-Generic Dyanmic Arrays etc. It was then I decided to move its development to a separate repo with more than just a "Data Type Library". I wanted to created a core, standard-library that I can just use anywhere as a starting point.

Linux and MacOS is fully supported while, with Windows your mileage might vary.
As for Compiler GCC or Clang is recommended.

Bloat. Creating such library that I can use anywhere, I wanted to have as less bloated binary wise as posible, while also having to combat the non-type generic nature of the C language.
If by any case, I dont want use a bare macro. I would wrap it up inside of a function.

#define my_macro_function(a, b) { ... }

void my_function(int a, int b)
{
    my_macro_function(a, b);
}

Me. Or you if you stumble upon my stuff and found it cool. But as of writing, I created this for myself. This repo is so I can easily maintain and access the code and or share it with my friends. I am not a good Programmer by a long shot, I just like when my computer goes beep-boop.

It takes many features from other libraries and projects. Whilst also some Reffrences and books.

Hirrolot's Datatype99. For my own implementation of Sum Types. The actual impletation is dis-similar to them. My implementation of z__Enum is no where near as elegant as Datatype99.

Awesome C Preprocessor Helped to study on the C's magical Preprocessor.

Sum of an Integer Array

Intializing an Array of Functions in a single line

Sum of Binary tree using Enum

Web Event with Enums

Fill Up an array of Vector2 with OpenMP

Creating a Map with Pthread

• Awesome C Preprocessor
• Generic-Print
• P99
• Cloak
• Metatlang99
• Datatype99

This library is not perfect and I know there are many others like it, but this one is mine <3.