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

I agree with the suggestions above. You are doing it the best way .. if you want to program in C.

Of course, you could write a pre-processor to automatically generate these declarations and things for you .. maybe use a "Class" declaration ... put the functions you want to be member functions inside the class .. etc.

But what we've got here is a simple C++ to C compiler. Why not just program in C++, use a real C++ compiler, use clean interfaces, and just link the C++ code with the C code? What is the reason that you need to code in C vs. C++ anyways? Or if you need to, generate C code from the compiler and compile the output C code together with whatever else you need.