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</p>
<p>
When one of these is accepted, it will be a compile error to copy some types.
to avoid copying, one can denote the capture value to make it a pointer:
To avoid copying, one can denote the capture value to make it a pointer:
</p>
{#code_begin|test|capture_aliasing#}
const std = @import("std");
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{#header_open|Slicing with Comptime Indexes#}
<p>
When slicing and the length is comptime-known, the expression type is now
When slicing where the length is comptime-known, the expression type is now
a single-item pointer to array {#syntax#}*[N]T{#endsyntax#} .
Prior to this change an error-prone {#syntax#}@ptrCast{#endsyntax#} was required.
</p>
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does not require an allocator.
</li>
<li>
Sebsatian Keller added std.math constants such as log2e and sqrt2.
Sebastian Keller added std.math constants such as log2e and sqrt2.
Note that with <a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/425">#425</a> solved these would not be needed, and would be removed.
</li>
</ul>
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when the time spent in the critical section is minimal and acquiring/releasing is done
frequently. The implementation chosen for this was that of lock_futex.go from Golang 1.13
as it provides a nice balance between spinning and deciding to block (another possibility
could be rust/webkit `parking_lot`). Because this implementation only needs a futex interface,
could be rust/webkit <code>parking_lot</code>). Because this implementation only needs a futex interface,
it can be reused:
</p>
<p><strong>2) Parker API</strong></p>
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The good news:
</p>
<ul>
<li>The new API is objectively simpler and more ergonomic.</li>
<li>The new API is simpler and more ergonomic.</li>
<li>Empirically, it produces significantly faster runtime code.</li>
<li>It works cleanly with {#link|Async I/O#}.</li>
</ul>
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{#code_end#}
<p>
InStream, OutStream, and SeekableStream were already generic
across error sets, it's not really worse to make them generic across the
across error sets; it's not really worse to make them generic across the
vtable as well, which is what this change did.
</p>
<p>
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<li>Various APIs and implementations improved to take advantage of directory handles.</li>
<li>Error sets of various functions are improved to no longer have some kinds of errors, such
as {#syntax#}error.OutOfMemory{#endsyntax#}, or in the case of deleting a file, {#syntax#}error.NoSpaceLeft{#endsyntax#}.</li>
<li>The new convention for APIs with null-terminated path parameters is the 'Z' suffix rather than 'C' suffix.</li>
<li>Some APIs are modified to take "options" structs which have default fields values.</li>
<li>inode number / file index is exposed into File.Stat.</li>
<li>The new convention for APIs with null-terminated path parameters is a 'Z' suffix rather than a 'C' suffix.</li>
<li>Some APIs are modified to take "options" structs which have default field values.</li>
<li>inode number / file index is exposed in File.Stat.</li>
<li>Cross-platform file locking flags are supported.</li>
<li>fs.File supports setEndPos to grow/shrink the file size as needed. (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4716">#4716</a>)</li>
<li>Filesystem APIs now integrate with {#link|Async I/O#}, including automatically performing
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zen
uefi</code></pre>
<p>This list was the list of targets that LLVM supported +
<a href="https://github.com/AndreaOrru/zen">zen</a>(a hobby OS not maintained for over 1 year) +
<a href="https://github.com/AndreaOrru/zen">zen</a> (a hobby OS not maintained for over 1 year) +
UEFI.
</p>
<p>
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}
{#code_end#}
<p>
{#syntax#}system{#endsyntax#} in this refered to:
Where {#syntax#}system{#endsyntax#} referred to:
</p>
{#code_begin|syntax#}
/// When linking libc, this is the C API. Otherwise, it is the OS-specific system interface.
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};
{#code_end#}
<p>
{#syntax#}else => struct{},{#endsyntax#} is modified to look for
Now, {#syntax#}else => struct{}{#endsyntax#} is modified to look for
{#syntax#}@import("root").os{#endsyntax#} if it is provided.
With this modification, as long as the OS package defines all the constants (such as
{#syntax#}fd_t{#endsyntax#} and {#syntax#}EISDIR{#endsyntax#}), then
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<p>
Now that this is implemented, Zig has first class support for all operating systems.
The main difference between upstream-recognized OSes and "other" OSes would be where the support
is maintained - upstream zig std lib, or in a third party "OS layer" package.
is maintained: in zig's std lib, or in a third party "OS layer" package.
</p>
<p>
With this new feature, upstream support for Zen hobby OS is removed.
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uses {#link|Sentinel-Terminated Pointers#}.</li>
<li>Added {#syntax#}std.mem.span{#endsyntax#}.</li>
<li>Added {#syntax#}std.mem.spanZ{#endsyntax#}.</li>
<li>Added {#syntax#}std.mem.zeros{#endsyntax#} which zero-initializes types which have
<li>Added {#syntax#}std.mem.zeroes{#endsyntax#} which zero-initializes types which have
well-defined memory layouts. (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4544">#4544</a>)</li>
<li>Added {#syntax#}std.mem.Allocator.allocSentinel{#endsyntax#}.</li>
<li>Added {#syntax#}std.mem.indexOfSentinel{#endsyntax#}.</li>
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Bootstrapping is not to be confused with {#link|self-hosting|Self-Hosted Compiler Progress#}.
</p>
<p>
I forgot to mention in the blog post, when you don't pass any optimization flags to
I forgot to mention in the blog post that when you don't pass any optimization flags to
<code>zig cc</code>, Zig determines that
<a href="https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.6.0/#Debug">Debug Mode</a> is appropriate,
and enables <a href="https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer.html">Clang's UBSAN</a>.
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<li>Exported variables now respect linkage.</li>
<li>Alexandros Naskos fixed slicing of C pointers to no longer produce {#syntax#}allowzero{#endsyntax#} slices. Instead they insert a runtime assertion. (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4462">#4462</a>)</li>
<li>Alexandros Naskos improved made the std lib VDSO code more robust and it now operates successfully inside Windows Subsystem for Linux. (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/3997">#3997</a>)</li>
<li>LemonBoy improved arrray subscripts to properly type coerce to {#syntax#}usize{#endsyntax#}. (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4169">#4169</a>)</li>
<li>LemonBoy improved array subscripts to properly type coerce to {#syntax#}usize{#endsyntax#}. (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4169">#4169</a>)</li>
<li>LemonBoy implemented a compile error for comparison between enum literal and untagged enum. (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4770">#4770</a>)</li>
<li>xackus fixed an overflow in {#syntax#}std.fmt.parseFloat{#endsyntax#} (<a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4845">#4845</a>)</li>
<li>Michaël Larouche fixed adler32 returning incorrect value with large input.</li>
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