How to structure a C program effectively

Question

Let me first say that I\'ve got a fair amount of experience in both C and C++. However, I\'m starting a new project in C and I\'ve been working in object-oriented languages

Answer 1

That's a pretty reasonable way to write a C program. There is another large application out there, which does pretty much the same stuff - called the Linux kernel. Some nearly OO-features used in there:

• structs and operations on structs for encapsulation just like in your example
• pointers to base structs as a form of poor man's inheritance -- you'll find loads of references to struct kobject in there
• macros to generate functions as a replacement for template programming