C99 offers some really cool stuff using anonymous arrays:
Removing pointless variables
{
int yes=1;
setsockopt(yourSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &yes, sizeof(int));
}
becomes
setsockopt(yourSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (int[]){1}, sizeof(int));
Passing a Variable Amount of Arguments
void func(type* values) {
while(*values) {
x = *values++;
/* do whatever with x */
}
}
func((type[]){val1,val2,val3,val4,0});
Static linked lists
int main() {
struct llist { int a; struct llist* next;};
#define cons(x,y) (struct llist[]){{x,y}}
struct llist *list=cons(1, cons(2, cons(3, cons(4, NULL))));
struct llist *p = list;
while(p != 0) {
printf("%d\n", p->a);
p = p->next;
}
}
Any I’m sure many other cool techniques I haven’t thought of.