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C library source code [closed]

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I want to find the C libraries' source code to find out more about the functions used.Is GCC the only resource I can count on?I couldn't use the doxygen html version of the GCC libraries,to tell the truth it seems complex to me,for example I couldn't find the printf function's source code(Was I looking in the wrong place?). Thanks in advance.

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kaiseroskilo Avatar asked Mar 06 '11 23:03

kaiseroskilo

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Is C closed source?

The C language is not a piece of software but a defined standard, so one wouldn't say that it's open-source, but rather that it's an open standard. There are a gazillion different compilers for C however, and many of those are indeed open-source.

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You need to get the source code of the associated C library, probably glibc or eglibc in your case. In the /usr/include/ folder, only the headers of the libc are present, along with some linux kernel headers in the linux/ subfolder.

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OTOH, in addition to glibc:

  • uclibc
  • dietlibc
  • BSD libc
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Erik Avatar answered Sep 26 '22 10:09

Erik

Reading the source code is one thing. Reading a good book that includes source code is another thing entirely. And I'm not sure you can do better than The Standard C Library, by PJ Plauger. It's 20 years old, but for me it's still a page-turner.

Man, I feel old.

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Mike Sherrill 'Cat Recall' Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 10:09

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