Lets say you see a function whose code isn't provided in that file and is probably in one of the headers. How would you go about figuring out which header that function belongs to. Obviously you can just look in every single header included one by one but I would think there is a faster way?
You look in every single header file included, one by one.
Unless you have documentation for the function, or are a good guesser.
And for that matter, the function wouldn't be defined in the header anyway, just the prototype for the function. (If that's all you want, then fine; if you want the source, you might be in trouble.)
If it's one of the Unixes use a combination of find and grep commands to do the work for you and isolate the header file where the function is declared.
If you're using Visual Studio, you can usually right-click on the function name and choose "Go to Definition" or "Go to Declaration".
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If you're using TkCodex, it should be easy -- but if not, you can always check with me, the author
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
