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The Library Problem

General overview of the library problem.

Note: The terms library, module, and package are used interchangeably. Note: This document is subject to extension and modification

Implicit Assumptions:

	package freetype

	import "core:c"

	when ODIN_OS == "windows" {
	foreign import freetype "freetype291.lib";
	}
	when ODIN_OS == "darwin" do foreign import freetype {
	"macos/libfreetype.a",
	}

	package glfw

	import "core:fmt"
	import "core:math"
	import "core:mem"

	when ODIN_OS == "linux" do foreign import glfw "system:glfw";
	when ODIN_OS == "darwin" do foreign import glfw {
	"macos/libglfw3.a",
	"system:Cocoa.framework",

	package freetype

	import "core:os"
	import "core:c"

	when os.OS == "windows" {
	foreign import freetype {
	"freetype291.lib",
	// "system:legacy_stdio_definitions.lib",
	}

	Programming Language Checklist
	by Colin McMillen, Jason Reed, and Elly Jones.

	Odin language

	[x] - yes
	[~] - maybe
	[?] - unknown
	[text] specific answer

	template <typename T>
	struct PriorityQueue {
	Array<T> queue;

	int (* cmp) (T *q, isize i, isize j);
	void (* swap)(T *q, isize i, isize j);
	};

	template <typename T>
	bool priority_queue_shift_down(PriorityQueue<T> *pq, isize i0, isize n) {

	I'm using `proc` as a prefix to remove ambiguity in the syntax. The current syntax is ambiguous.
	(int) // Is this a procedure that takes an int or is it just an int?

	Current Jai Syntax:

	name :: proc(); // type
	name :: proc() {}; // declaration
	name :: proc() #foreign lib; // foreign declaration

	This syntax fails if you want have foreign variables too. Foreign variables would not have a consistent syntax.

	import "core:fmt.odin"
	import "core:strconv.odin"
	import "core:os.odin"
	import "token.odin"

	Token :: #alias token.Token;
	Tokenizer :: #alias token.Tokenizer;


	Array :: []Value;