A Simple Dynamic Array for C

Introduction

When many programmers get inspired to implement a dynamic array (meaning an array that grows automatically as new elements are appended) in C, they often try to incorporate the element’s type into the array. Since C lacks a template facility like C++, that often means (ab)using macros like:

#define TYPED_ARRAY(TYPE) \

typedef struct TYPE##_array TYPE##_array; \

struct TYPE##_array { \