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Here's my idea for how to approximate namespaces in C. Please let me know what you think, and if you have other ideas I'm all ears! Namespaces encompass several different aspects, and I only captured one here, so if a different part of namespaces is more important to you, I invite your ideas on how to implement them.

The code needed for namespacing (edit this to suit your needs):

#define NAMESPACE_MY_LIBRARY_WITH_A_LONG_NAME ml_

#pragma push_macro ("C")
#pragma push_macro ("C_")
#pragma push_macro ("N")

#define C_(a,b) a##b
#define C(a,b) C_(a,b)
#define N(a) C(NAMESPACE_MY_LIBRARY_WITH_A_LONG_NAME, a)

// All your code goes here, using N(NameOfThing) to name functions, types and variables.

#pragma pop_macro ("C")
#pragma pop_macro ("C_")
#pragma pop_macro ("N")

Chapters:
00:00 Overview
00:11 The namespacing macros
00:46 Namespacing things throughout a library
01:23 Using a namespaced library
01:58 Welcoming your ideas and opinions