began to setup generation of Array_ssize and StringTable in the c-library

Still need to confirm if the these old templates require updates compared to the c++ impl

gen_c_library/c_library.cpp

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int gen_main()
 
 	PreprocessorDefines.append(txt("GEN_API_C_BEGIN"));
 	PreprocessorDefines.append(txt("GEN_API_C_END"));
+	PreprocessorDefines.append(txt("HashTable("));
 
 	Code push_ignores           = scan_file( project_dir "helpers/push_ignores.inline.hpp" );
 	Code pop_ignores            = scan_file( project_dir "helpers/pop_ignores.inline.hpp" );
@@ -295,6 +296,11 @@ int gen_main()
 			containers.append( gen_array_base() );
 			containers.append( gen_hashtable_base() );
 
+			containers.append(fmt_newline);
+
+			CodeBody array_ssize = gen_array(txt("ssize"), txt("Array_ssize"));
+			containers.append(array_ssize);
+
 			containers.append( def_pragma(code(endregion Containers)));
 		}
 		header.print(fmt_newline);
@@ -373,6 +379,22 @@ int gen_main()
 				}
 				break;
 
+				case CT_Typedef:
+				{
+					StrC name_string_table = txt("StringTable");
+
+					CodeTypedef td = cast(CodeTypedef, entry);
+					if (td->Name.contains(name_string_table))
+					{
+						CodeBody ht = gen_hashtable(name_string_table, name_string_table);
+						strings.append(ht);
+						strings.append(td);
+						break;
+					}
+					strings.append(td);
+				}
+				break;
+
 				default:
 					strings.append(entry);
 				break;

gen_c_library/components/containers.hashtable.hpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CodeBody gen_hashtable_base()
 	));
 
 	Code define_type = untyped_str(txt(
-R"(#define Hashtable(_type) HTE_##_type
+R"(#define HashTable(_type) struct _type
 )"
 	));
 
@@ -27,14 +27,10 @@ R"(#define Hashtable(_type) HTE_##_type
 
 CodeBody gen_hashtable( StrC type, StrC hashtable_name )
 {
-	String
-	fn = String::make_reserve( GlobalAllocator, hashtable_name.Len + sizeof("gen") );
-	fn.append_fmt( "%.*s", hashtable_name.Len, hashtable_name.Ptr );
-	str_to_lower(fn.Data);
 
-	String
-	tbl_type = String::make_reserve( GlobalAllocator, hashtable_name.Len + sizeof("gen") );
-	tbl_type.append_fmt( "%.*s", hashtable_name.Len, hashtable_name.Ptr );
+	String tbl_type = {(char*) hashtable_name.duplicate(GlobalAllocator).Ptr};
+	String fn       = tbl_type.duplicate(GlobalAllocator);
+	str_to_lower(fn.Data);
 
 	String name_lower = String::make( GlobalAllocator, hashtable_name );
 	str_to_lower( name_lower.Data );

project/components/parser.cpp

@@ -4957,6 +4957,13 @@ CodeTypedef parse_typedef()
 		Context.Scope->Name = name;
 		eat( Tok_Preprocess_Macro );
 		// <ModuleFalgs> typedef <Preprocessed_Macro>
+
+		if ( currtok.Type == Tok_Identifier )
+		{
+			type = untyped_str({ name.Length, name.Text });
+			name = currtok;
+			eat(Tok_Identifier);
+		}
 	}
 	else
 	{