Pilot Light Libraries

Single-file MIT licensed libraries for C/C++. These are "STB" style libraries (more info here).

Libraries

Library	Lastest Version	Category	Lines of Code	Description
pl_ds.h	1.0	utility	672	typesafe dynamic array and hash tables for C
pl_json.h	1.0	parsing	2067	json reading & writing for C
pl_log.h	1.0	utility	1273	small logging library for C
pl_math.h	1.0	math	800	small math library for C (vectors, matrices, quaternions, etc.)
pl_memory.h	1.0	utility	699	various memory allocators for C
pl_profile.h	1.0	utility	551	small profiling library for C
pl_stl.h	1.0	parsing	340	small STL file parser
pl_string.h	1.0	utility	439	string utilities for C
pl_test.h	1.0	misc	543	small testing library for C

Total libraries: 9 Total lines of C code: 7384

FAQ

How do I use these libraries?

The idea behind single-header file libraries is that they're easy to distribute and deploy because all the code is contained in a single file. By default, the .h files in here act as their own header files, i.e. they declare the functions contained in the file but don't actually result in any code getting compiled.

So in addition, you should select exactly one C/C++ source file that actually instantiates the code, preferably a file you're not editing frequently. This file should define a specific macro (this is documented per-library) to actually enable the function definitions. For example, to use pl_log, you should have exactly one C/C++ file that doesn't include pl_log.h regularly, but instead does

#define PL_LOG_IMPLEMENTATION
#include "pl_log.h"

The right macro to define is pointed out right at the top of each of these libraries.

Where is the documentation?

The documentation is included at the top of each file.