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Maynafiesta/hl7-parser-with-socket
A C library for parsing HL7 v2 messages over a TCP socket, apparently written for interfacing with EDAN medical devices. Two stars, no forks, no documentation beyond a title.
- Written in plain C, so it will compile anywhere without a dependency chain
- Socket and parsing concerns are split into separate translation units, which is the right call for this kind of library
- CMakeLists.txt means it at least has a build system
- README is literally just the repo name — no usage examples, no protocol version, no API documentation whatsoever
- 2 stars and no activity since December 2022 means this is effectively abandoned personal code
- No error handling documentation; edan_errors.h exists but without context you have no idea what error codes mean or when they're emitted
- Zero test coverage beyond a single test.c file whose contents are unknown — not suitable as a dependency for anything clinical or production-adjacent