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Rather than allocating Decl objects with an Allocator, we instead allocate them with a SegmentedList. This provides four advantages: * Stable memory so that one thread can access a Decl object while another thread allocates additional Decl objects from this list. * It allows us to use u32 indexes to reference Decl objects rather than pointers, saving memory in Type, Value, and dependency sets. * Using integers to reference Decl objects rather than pointers makes serialization trivial. * It provides a unique integer to be used for anonymous symbol names, avoiding multi-threaded contention on an atomic counter.
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.