thepotatochronicler / listmv

Library for dynamic lists and dictionaries in C.

listmv

A library that adds list/dictionary support to your C program.

Contents

• Example code
• Build and Install
• Notes
• TODO

Example code

Lists:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <listmv.h>

int main() {
    listmv name = new_listmv(char);

    listmv_push_array(&name, "smv\n", 5);

    printf("char at 2 %c\n", listmv_i(&name, 2)); // v
    // in theory this only works with char lists
    printf("Hello, %s\n", listmv_str_unwrap(name));

    listmv_free(name); // if the GC is on this is taken care of

    return 0;
}

Dicts (majorly TODO): This is how dictionaries could be used once I implement them:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <listmv.h>

int main() {
    dictmv dict = new_dictmv(int, float);
    dictmv_push(dict, 420, 6.9);
    dictmv_push(dict, 122, 8.5);
    float CGPA = dictmv_get_key_for(dict, 420); // 6.9
    int ID = dictmv_get_value_for(dict, 3.5);   // 133

    dictmv_free(dict); // if the GC is on this is taken care of
}

To use the GC just use the start_gc() function. Note that there's no stop_gc for a reason.

Build and Install

The GC and part of dictmv is still a work in progress. However you can still build using

make build

to generate headers and object at ./lib

Or install globally (Linux only) using

make install

to use it in any of your projects.

Notes

Work in progress.

TODO:

• dictmv functionality