embed.c

/**
 * Flexible arrays
 *
 * Initialize 'foo' as a char array with the contents
 * of 'file.dat'. 'sizeof foo' is the size of file.dat.
 */
char foo[] [[embed("file.dat")]];

/**
 * Flexible structs
 *
 * Same as for arrays, though since sizeof() can't do
 * what it should here under normal circumstances, don't
 * expect it to work in this case either...
 *
 * Maybe issue a warning if "file.dat" is of insufficient
 * size to fill required members of 'struct Bar'.
 *
 * Struct padding is 1-1, as if 'bar' was set by
 * reading the file directly into it.
 */
struct Bar {
	size_t size;
	char   stuff[];
};
struct Bar bar [[embed("file.dat")]];

/**
 * Non-flexible objects:
 *
 * Use sizeof(type) bytes from file.dat, but object
 * remains same size as base type.
 */
uint64_t baz [[embed("file.dat")]]; /* sizeof(uint64_t) bytes from file.dat */
char qux[16] [[embed("file.dat")]]; /* (up to?) 16 bytes from file.dat */