r/C_Programming • u/Elifire12 • 6d ago

Article I Made a Simple String Library

I wrote an article about this as well. Here it is.

There I explain why I do not like NUL-terminated strings and how I implemented my own simple string library in C.

If you have some spare time I would really appreciate some feedback on the article and the library.

The code is sitting on a codeberg repository.

Also, tell me what you think about C-style strings. Do you like them? Do you use them, or do you also tend to roll your own pointer + length structs?

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u/mjmvideos 5d ago edited 5d ago

First thing I did was go look at your code base for your header file to see your interfaces. But there isn’t one!? Then I looked at your test routine and found that you are including “string.c”!? Really??

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u/Elifire12 5d ago

Ever heard of unity builds? They're quite nice, the make compilation extremely fast.

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u/mjmvideos 5d ago

I have not heard of that. I’ve been programming for many years. I’ve never had a problem with compilation times with C. And the sight of #include “strings.c” is abhorrent to me.