* ZIR: the `array_type_sentinel` now has a source node attached to it
for proper error reporting.
* Refactor: move `Module.arrayType` to `Type.array`
* Value: the `bytes` and `array` tags now include the sentinel, if the
type has one. This simplifies comptime evaluation logic.
* Sema: fix `zirStructInitEmpty` to properly handle when the type is
void or a sentinel-terminated array. This handles the syntax `void{}`
and `[0:X]T{}`.
* Sema: fix the logic for reporting "cannot store runtime value in
compile time variable" as well as for emitting a runtime store when a
pointer value is comptime known but it is a global variable.
* Sema: implement elemVal for double pointer to array. This can happen
with this code for example: `var a: *[1]u8 = undefined; _ = a[0];`
* Sema: Rework the `storePtrVal` function to properly handle nested
structs and arrays.
- Also it now handles comptime stores through a bitcasted pointer.
When the pointer element type and the type according to the Decl
don't match, the element value is bitcasted before storage.
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Resources
- Introduction
- Download & Documentation
- Chapter 0 - Getting Started | ZigLearn.org
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- Contributing
- Code of Conduct
- Frequently Asked Questions
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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.