Day 19 - Linen Layout
Megathread guidelines
- Keep top level comments as only solutions, if you want to say something other than a solution put it in a new post. (replies to comments can be whatever)
- You can send code in code blocks by using three backticks, the code, and then three backticks or use something such as https://topaz.github.io/paste/ if you prefer sending it through a URL
FAQ
- What is this?: Here is a post with a large amount of details: https://programming.dev/post/6637268
- Where do I participate?: https://adventofcode.com/
- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
Certainly more generic and less prone to user error too. Indeed dealing with hash maps or any advanced data structure is a pain with C, this is where generics or templates really shine, especially if you have control over lifetime aspects as you do with C++ or Rust (e.g. moves, lvalue references, constness, etc).