STC Snippets for C Generic Containers

Overview

STC Snippets is a lightweight VS Code extension that provides ready-to-use code snippets for theSTC C Generic Container Library. It helps C developers quickly declare and initialize STC containers with correct trait flags and standard boilerplate code, eliminating repetitive typing and reducing syntax errors.

Features

Full STC Container Support — Provides complete snippets for all common STC generic containers:

vec, deque, list, stack, queue, pqueue, hmap, hset, smap, sset

Correct Trait Flag Templates — Auto-generates standard STC trait flags for clone, drop, compare, and hash behaviors for custom types.
Standard Boilerplate Code — Quickly insert container declarations, initialization, iteration, and cleanup code following official STC conventions.
Pure C Standard Compatible — All snippets follow C11 / C17 / C23 standards without GNU extensions, perfect for cross-platform CMake projects.
Improve Coding Speed — Avoid repetitive container setup code and focus on business logic and data structure design.

Supported Containers

This extension includes snippets for the entire STC core container series:

Sequential Containers: vec, deque, list
Adapter Containers: stack, queue, pqueue
Hash Containers: hmap, hset
Sorted Containers: smap, sset

Usage

Simply type the container name prefix (e.g. stc vec, stc hmap) in your C source file and select the corresponding snippet. The extension will automatically generate complete container definitions and trait configurations.

Compatibility

Works with all modern C standards: C11, C17, C23
Fully compatible with standard STC library projects
Perfect match for CMake-based cross-platform C projects

Benefits

STC containers greatly simplify generic data structure programming in pure C. This extension makes STC development faster, cleaner, and less error-prone by providing standardized, ready-to-use code templates for every core container type.

STC Generic Container Snippets

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