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1. Changed Zig pointers to functions to be typedef'd so then we can treat them the same as other types. 2. Distinguished between const slices (zig_L prefix) and mut slices (zig_M prefix). 3. Changed lowering of Zig "const pointers" (e.g. *const u8) to to C "pointers to const" (e.g. const char *) rather than C "const pointers" (e.g. char * const) 4. Ensured that all typedefs are "linked" even if the decl doesn't require any forward declarations 5. Added test that exercises function pointer type rendering 6. Changed .slice_ptr instruction to allocate pointer local rather than a uintptr_t local
A general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
Resources
- Introduction
- Download & Documentation
- Chapter 0 - Getting Started | ZigLearn.org
- Community
- Contributing
- Code of Conduct
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Community Projects
Installation
- download a pre-built binary
- install from a package manager
- build from source
- bootstrap zig for any target
License
The ultimate goal of the Zig project is to serve users. As a first-order effect, this means users of the compiler, helping programmers to write better software. Even more important, however, are the end-users.
Zig is intended to be used to help end-users accomplish their goals. Zig should be used to empower end-users, never to exploit them financially, or to limit their freedom to interact with hardware or software in any way.
However, such problems are best solved with social norms, not with software licenses. Any attempt to complicate the software license of Zig would risk compromising the value Zig provides.
Therefore, Zig is available under the MIT (Expat) License, and comes with a humble request: use it to make software better serve the needs of end-users.
This project redistributes code from other projects, some of which have other licenses besides MIT. Such licenses are generally similar to the MIT license for practical purposes. See the subdirectories and files inside lib/ for more details.