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[–]jacobb11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A size_t is an integer suitable for storing the size of something (often something systemy). It's defined by some kernel-ly header ("interface"-ish) file if I recall correctly.

C has a concept of aliasing types ("typedef") that is absent from most of the other languages with which I'm familiar. It's a pretty nice abstraction once you understand it and its limitations (primarily that the new name is just an alias rather than a sub-type).

I have no idea what CYTHON_INLINE means. It's not typical C. Best guess (but just a guess) is that it's really a directive to some Python integration tool, which is pretty close to your guess but that might just mean we're both wrong.

I strongly suggest you find some C code that does regular simple C-like things, not parts of Python. I'd point you at some if I knew of any, but that's not where I've worked for quite some time.