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Are there any C API explorers/browsers out there that include the GNU C Library methods and data structures?

I am looking for something similar to the Java API documentation, but for the GNU C Library. I am trying to develop a simple server/client Sockets program but I keep getting lost in the different ...
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Good examples and best practices for writing Python wrappers around C APIs

I have an internal API, written in C, which I'd like to write a Python wrapper around it. The API is well structured: it has a few data structs and functions for each kind of struct, like this: ...
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Doing 'more' with C on Windows than very simple programs?

I'm currently learning C via 'C Primer Plus' as recommended by a lot of people here and I'm finding it very interesting - the in-depth explanations of how and why we do certain things in C are great ...
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Evolution of the Win32 API

Has the Windows 32 API changed much over time? Does the Charles Petzold book "Programming Windows, 5th Edition" from 1998 still contain relevant information, or is most of it obsolete/outdated? What ...