Good STL-like library for C

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What are good libraries for C with datastructures like vectors, deques, stacks, hashmaps, treemaps, sets, etc.? Plain C, please, and platform-independent.

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 24 '14 at 06:52

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The Glib library used on the Gnome project may also be some use. Moreover it is pretty well tested.

IBM developer works has a good tutorial on its use: Manage C data using the GLib collections

edited Apr 24 '14 at 06:52

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answered Aug 05 '08 at 18:50

Brendan

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But see [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/17448240/1593077): It seems glib assumes you never go out of memory, and if you do, it `abort()`s your program, which is a pretty rough constraint. – einpoklum Jul 03 '13 at 16:02
I tried it before, harder to use than stl(cumber some) and have no performance benefits compare to stl. – StereoMatching Nov 30 '13 at 08:42

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '08 at 16:43

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As always, Google is your friend:

http://nixbit.com/cat/programming/libraries/c-generic-library/

specifically:

http://nixbit.com/cat/programming/libraries/generic-data-structures-library/

answered Aug 05 '08 at 16:43

Stu

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 01 '08 at 01:56

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There's some stuff in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) that I'd expect to be very solid.

answered Sep 01 '08 at 01:56

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 01 '09 at 16:27

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Maybe http://sglib.sourceforge.net/ if you want an easy to use, very fast, macro based library.

answered Jul 01 '09 at 16:27

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 21 '09 at 09:07

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If hash tables, extensible strings and dynamic vector are enough for your needs, please have a look at the library I put toghether: http://code.google.com/p/c-libutl/.

I also would welcome any feedback!

answered Nov 21 '09 at 09:07

Remo.D

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Good STL-like library for C

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