To me, despite the name, _Generic(...) doesn't really count. It's more like a switch statement that lets you switch on a type instead of a value. You still have

To me, despite the name, _Generic(...) doesn't really count. It's more like a switch statement that lets you switch on a type instead of a value. You still have to manually write all your own implementations, which leaves you firmly in territory covered by the 2nd option I listed. Maybe I'm missing something, though. On the rare occasion that I write C code, I stick to C99, so I haven't had much occasion to use it.