⚠️ this repo is old ⚠️

zig started 7 years ago and this repo is now 4 years old, these examples probably don't build anymore

I'm currently working on porting these examples to zig 0.11

Zig examples

These are some examples that I'm writing for myself while I'm learning Zig.

I hope it's useful for others stumbling across this very new shiny thing, but be aware that I'm as much a beginner as anyone here!

Structure

• Example source is in the /src directory.
• There is also a build script in build.zig.
• Examples can be run with zig build run-integers, zig build run-structs, etc.
• There is also zig build run-all which runs all examples at once. src/all.zig also servers as an example of how to import local stuff
• All examples here are working. If I don't get something to work, it's in OBSERVATIONS.md.

Code style

I try to mimic the code style of the standard lib, but focus on making things as clear as possible even when it makes things excessively verbose.

• snake_case for variables.
• camelCase for functions.
• PascalCase for structs.
• Use fully qualified names for standard library functions and structs so it's easy to see where they come from. The only exception is warn, which is used everywhere for output.
• Declare the type of every variable, argument etc, even if the compiler can figure it out by itself.
• In the examples, main should call a series of functions called *Example().
• Make the variable names clear enough so that comments are almost never needed.