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gopalv on Oct 27, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: CCAN - Comprehensive C Archive Network

I used exactly one module from CCAN in the past - failtest (http://ccodearchive.net/info/failtest.html).

And that's a simple idea, done well (and helps me hit the usually untested code paths).

If I had to still work a lot with C (I mostly write bits wrapped in JNI/Python/PHP exts), I would say that the hashtable, list and INI parser would be bits I would never want to reinvent again.

RustyRussell on Oct 27, 2013 [–]

Hey, good to hear someone else finds that useful!

Making it more generic, so you can plug in your own failing functions, is somewhere on my TODO list. That would make this much nicer.

eaxitect on Oct 28, 2013 | [–]

Sure this is useful unless one have "not invented here" syndrome.

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