header-only Questions

Visual Studio Code – How to make clangd to enable header-only library implementation

July 29, 2023
smokku
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There is a way of distributing C/C++ libraries as a one header-only file. Library is in one library.h file: header declarations together with implementation hidden under #ifdef LIBRARY_IMPL. You need to create some .c/.cpp file that does #define LIBRARY_IMPL; #include…

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Nix: Propagate dependency for build-time but NOT for run-time? – Docker

December 14, 2021
deadlock
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I am packaging the following derivations. A C++ library named amazing that has a header-only C++ dependency (nlohmann_json for this example). The library must be dynamic (shared ELF file). The amazing library requires the nlohmann_json dependency at build-time but not…

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