[SOLVED] What the heck is up with those _t data types in C? Is there a conspiracy behind it?
If you start writing code with the #C #programming language they may catch your attention when you have a look at some libraries: Identifiers with a trailing _t like #time_t, #size_t, and other kinds of _t data types, usually specific to some function or library. The C gurus have a method to their madness when it comes to naming those kind of things. _t is not an exception , it stands for something. And that's very consistent on purpose.
And it has to do with ... yah, it has to do with distinction. The distinction from in the C programming language's built-in or let's call them basic types to something else...
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