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created: 20231029134919585
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creator: Octt
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modified: 20231103234130540
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modifier: Octt
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title: C Language
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<<^wikipediaframe C_Language>>
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* [[Why do many functions that return structures in C, actually return pointers to structures?|https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/359408/why-do-many-functions-that-return-structures-in-c-actually-return-pointers-to-s]]
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* [[Passing by reference in C|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2229498/passing-by-reference-in-c]] --- "C does not support passing a variable by reference"... //Passing a pointer ''is'' passing-by-reference. This seems to be one of those facts that "savvy" C programmers pride themselves on. Like they get a kick out of it. "Oh you might THINK C has pass-by-reference but no it's actually just the value of a memory address being passed harharhar". Passing by reference literally just means passing the memory address of where a variable is stored rather than the variable's value itself [...]//
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* [[strcpy vs. memcpy|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2898364/strcpy-vs-memcpy]] --- //strcpy stops when it encounters a NUL ('\0') character, memcpy does not//, aka as the names suggest often strcpy is perfect for strings while for generic data memcpy could be needed.
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* [[ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code in C|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13291353/iso-c90-forbids-mixed-declarations-and-code-in-c]] --- old C standards required that new variables can be declared only before any other actual instruction in a scoped block, e.g. only at the top of a function
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* [[Creating empty function macros|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9187628/empty-function-macros]] --- only safe way is `#define SomeFunction(arg) ((void)0)`
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** [[C macros, what's the meaning of ((void)0)?|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61157541/c-macros-whats-the-meaning-of-void0]]
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