Simon Tatham • 7/29/2023

Workarounds for C11 _Generic

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This technical article analyzes a significant bug in the C11 _Generic type-generic programming facility that hinders advanced usage. It details several workarounds, such as using inline functions, type coercion, and chaining _Generic expressions, to overcome the standard's limitations for implementing flexible, type-aware macros beyond simple cases like <tgmath.h>.

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