Syntax and Sample Usage of _Generic in C11

The best example I have seen inspired the following (runnable) example, which unlocks all sorts of freaky possibilities for cracked-out introspection...

#include <stdio.h>#include <stddef.h>#include <stdint.h>#define typename(x) _Generic((x),        /* Get the name of a type */             \                                                                                  \        _Bool: "_Bool",                  unsigned char: "unsigned char",          \         char: "char",                     signed char: "signed char",            \    short int: "short int",         unsigned short int: "unsigned short int",     \          int: "int",                     unsigned int: "unsigned int",           \     long int: "long int",           unsigned long int: "unsigned long int",      \long long int: "long long int", unsigned long long int: "unsigned long long int", \        float: "float",                         double: "double",                 \  long double: "long double",                   char *: "pointer to char",        \       void *: "pointer to void",                int *: "pointer to int",         \      default: "other")#define fmt "%20s is '%s'\n"int main() {  size_t s; ptrdiff_t p; intmax_t i; int ai[3] = {0}; return printf( fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt,     "size_t", typename(s),               "ptrdiff_t", typename(p),        "intmax_t", typename(i),      "character constant", typename('0'), "0x7FFFFFFF", typename(0x7FFFFFFF),     "0xFFFFFFFF", typename(0xFFFFFFFF),"0x7FFFFFFFU", typename(0x7FFFFFFFU),  "array of int", typename(ai));}

                 ╔═══════════════╗ ═════════════════╣ Amazeballs... ╠═════════════════════════════════════                 ╚═══════════════╝             size_t is 'unsigned long int'         ptrdiff_t is 'long int'          intmax_t is 'long int'character constant is 'int'        0x7FFFFFFF is 'int'        0xFFFFFFFF is 'unsigned int'       0x7FFFFFFFU is 'unsigned int'      array of int is 'other'

This is a pretty good introduction. Here's the Overview:

Generic selection is implemented with a new keyword: _Generic. The syntax is similar to a simple switch statement for types:_Generic( 'a', char: 1, int: 2, long: 3, default: 0) evaluates to 2 (character constants are ints in C).

Basically it works like a kind of switch, where the labels are type names which are tested against the type of the first expression (the 'a' above). The result becomes the result of evaluating the _Generic().

I use clion 1.2.4, and clion doesn't support c11 now, so I use following code in c99 instead of _Generic

#include <stdio.h>int main(int argc, char **argv) {    char *s;    if (__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(s), long)) {        puts("long");    } else if (__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(s), char*)) {        puts("str");    }    return (0);};