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by colleagueRiley 570 days ago
Well for one you're able to easily use macros to customize features you want and don't want. Plus "forcing me to figure out the specific XYZ_IMPLEMENTATION" is a big of a weird compliant. You could say the same thing about linking a library. Besides, it's not hard to figure out and is usually one of the first lines of the file.

The single-header format also gives you MORE ways to compile the library and control which features to use or not use.
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uecker 570 days ago
I am not say it is hard. But I find having a .c/.h pair more useful and easier to work with.
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colleagueRiley 570 days ago
No lol
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uecker 570 days ago
Because looking up a macro name for each library is easier than adding a c file to your makefile? You could still always do

  #include "impl.c"
and this would still be nicer than

  #define XZUGG_IMPL
  #include "impl.h"
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