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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
c
Domain
documentation

Research direction

This is a request for deeper documentation about LINKER_SET_ENTRY, the macro traits system, and context_t instead of void*. No file, test, or entry point is named, so start by reviewing the repository's existing comments and documentation. Done would mean publishing an explanation of the tradeoffs behind these techniques.

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Description

There's some interesting ideas in this repo!

  • LINKER_SET_ENTRY for registering unit tests.
  • Macro "traits system" (like __assert_static_array)
  • context_t instead of void*

While the comments are well written, I wonder if you have a blog where you go deeper into the tradeoff of using those techniques.
In any case, thanks for sharing.

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