FFastly·DSASWE-2Onsite – Coding (Practical)
Write a C Macro That Manipulates Pointers
Problem
Write a C macro (e.g., container_of, or a swap/offset macro) that manipulates pointers correctly, and explain the pitfalls.
Example
#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ...
Constraints
- Avoid double-evaluation and precedence bugs
What Fastly looks for
Low-level C fluency: pointer arithmetic, macro hygiene (parenthesize args), and offsetof.
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