A Typesafe Dynamic std::vector equivalent in C

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’m writing a game in c, and inevitably in c, you have to deal with the fact that c doesn’t have std::vector or anything like it. If you want to store like items in a dynamically resizing container, you do have a few options. Let’s go on a tour.

NOTE: If you’re coming here from non c/c++ land, we’ll also be talking about the c-preprocessor a bit. c macros through the preprocessor perform naive text substitutions, with some limits on recursive substitutions we have to work around.

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A Typesafe Dynamic std::vector equivalent in C