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#include <libxfce4util/libxfce4util.h> #define XFCE_GENERIC_STACK (Type) #define xfce_stack_new (StackType)
This module provides generic data types - as known from the C++ standard template library - for the brave C programmer. Since C does not provide any template mechanism, these generics are completely based on C preprocessor macros and the functions offer no type safety at all (though some common mistakes will surely be caught by the C compiler).
Example 2. Using a generic stack
  typedef XFCE_GENERIC_STACK(int) IntStack;
  IntStack *stack = xfce_stack_new (IntStack);
  xfce_stack_push (stack, 0);
  xfce_stack_push (stack, 1);
  printf ("Top is %d\n", xfce_stack_top (stack));
  xfce_stack_pop (stack);
  printf ("Top is %d\n", xfce_stack_top (stack));
  xfce_stack_free (stack);
#define XFCE_GENERIC_STACK(Type)
This macro is used to create a new stack data type which elements are of
Type. For example, to create a stack type that handles elements of type
double, you'd write the following
typedef XFCE_GENERIC_STACK(double) MyDoubleStack;
and furtheron refer to your stack type as MyDoubleStack.
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 | Data type of the elements that should be handled by the stack. Can be any valid data type from simple int's to complex structures. | 
#define xfce_stack_new(StackType)
Creates a new instance of StackType and returns a pointer to the newly
created instance. For example, imagine you declared a type MyDoubleStack
as shown above, you can instantiate this type with
MyDoubleStack *my_stack = xfce_stack_new (MyDoubleStack);
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 | Type of stack declared with XFCE_GENERIC_STACK. |