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Each element of the output JSON has the VM address of the generated binary nondecreasing (some elements might occupy the same VM address for example the atom and the relocation might coincide in the address space). The generated JSON can be inspected manually or via a preview tool `zig-snapshots` that I am currently working on and will allow the user to inspect interactively the state of the linker together with the positioning of sections, symbols, atoms and relocations within each snapshot state, and in the future, between snapshots too. This should allow for quicker debugging of the linker which is nontrivial when run in the incremental mode. Note that the state will only be dumped if the compiler is built with `-Dlink-snapshot` flag on, and then the compiler is passed `--debug-link-snapshot` flag upon compiling a source/project.
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.