Sane API design (AKA C's #ifdef hell)

[Kagamin]

On Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 18:52:23 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> ```c
> // New version of the function, containing the ONLY actually 
> necessary
> // #ifdef:
> int getMaxMacGuffin() {
> 	#ifdef BUILDING_FOR_NEW_PLATFORM
> 		return getMaxMacGuffinNewPlatform();
> 	#else
> 		return _getMaxMacGuffin();
> 	#endif
> }
> ```

This design pattern is called "platform abstraction layer".