Chapter 1 Reuse Code at Compile Time (C and Python)

Resourceful Code Reuse — by Dmitry Zinoviev (10 / 20)

👈 Running Example | TOC | Arranging Source and Header Files (the C W ay) 👉

Compile-time reuse is about organizing your program’s source code into potentially reusable and somewhat independent files, known as compilation units. Compile-time reuse is language-specific. In this chapter you’ll see two approaches: the C way (splitting your code into source and header files) and the Python way (creating modules). Let’s start with the C way, out of respect for the language’s age.

👈 Running Example | TOC | Arranging Source and Header Files (the C W ay) 👉

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