Is there any standardized and commonly-used library for C (C99 or whatever), as STL is for C++? [duplicate]

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Container Class / Library for C

I expect I'd be forced to use vectors, lists and sets for my C program. Should I invent those entities from scratch, or there is some kind of standard library for C as STL is for C++ ?

Answer 1

C doesn't have templates, so it might be difficult to implement those C++ collections in a generic way. I'm not aware of any libraries that implement those features in C.

If I were faced with such a situation, my first thought would be to isolate the parts of my program that would benefit from C++ features, write them in C++, then provide an extern "C" interface to those modules so they could be called from the pure C parts of the program. Is that an option for you?