The best example I have seen启发了下面的（runnable）示例，它为彻底的自省打开了各种奇怪的可能性...

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>

#define typename(x) _Generic((x),        /* Get the name of a type */             \
                                                                                  \
        _Bool: "_Bool",                  unsigned char: "unsigned char",          \
         char: "char",                     signed char: "signed char",            \
    short int: "short int",         unsigned short int: "unsigned short int",     \
          int: "int",                     unsigned int: "unsigned int",           \
     long int: "long int",           unsigned long int: "unsigned long int",      \
long long int: "long long int", unsigned long long int: "unsigned long long int", \
        float: "float",                         double: "double",                 \
  long double: "long double",                   char *: "pointer to char",        \
       void *: "pointer to void",                int *: "pointer to int",         \
      default: "other")

#define fmt "%20s is '%s'\n"
int main() {

  size_t s; ptrdiff_t p; intmax_t i; int ai[3] = {0}; return printf( fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt fmt,

     "size_t", typename(s),               "ptrdiff_t", typename(p),     
   "intmax_t", typename(i),      "character constant", typename('0'),
 "0x7FFFFFFF", typename(0x7FFFFFFF),     "0xFFFFFFFF", typename(0xFFFFFFFF),
"0x7FFFFFFFU", typename(0x7FFFFFFFU),  "array of int", typename(ai));
}

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            size_t is 'unsigned long int'
         ptrdiff_t is 'long int'
          intmax_t is 'long int'
character constant is 'int'
        0x7FFFFFFF is 'int'
        0xFFFFFFFF is 'unsigned int'
       0x7FFFFFFFU is 'unsigned int'
      array of int is 'other'

This是一个很好的介绍。
使用新关键字实现一般选择：_Generic。语法类似于类型的简单switch语句：_Generic( 'a', char: 1, int: 2, long: 3, default: 0)的计算结果为2（字符常量在C中为int）。
基本上，它的工作原理类似于switch，其中标签是类型名，针对第一个表达式（上面的'a'）的类型进行测试，结果成为_Generic()的求值结果。

我使用CLion 1.2.4，CLion现在不支持C11，因此我使用GNU C99中的以下代码代替_Generic

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    char *s;
    if (__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(s), long)) {
        puts("long");
    } else if (__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(s), char*)) {
        puts("str");
    }
    return (0);
};