Zig :: Examples

Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

https://ziglang.org/

https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#Introduction

Installation

Tarball

cd ~/devtools
wget https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-macos-x86_64-0.9.0-dev.729+bd8baefaa.tar.xz
xz -d zig-macos-x86_64-0.9.0-dev.729+bd8baefaa.tar.xz
PATH=$PATH:~/devtools/zig-macos-x86_64-0.9.0-dev.729+bd8baefaa
zig env

Brew

brew install zig

From Git HEAD

brew install zig --HEAD

Examples

Hello World !

cd hello
zig build-exe hello.zig
wc -c hello
./hello

zig build-exe hello.zig -O ReleaseSmall --strip --single-threaded
wc -c hello
zig build-exe hello.zig -O ReleaseSmall --strip --single-threaded -target x86_64-macos
wc -c hello
file hello

Global variables

cd  global_variables
zig test global_variables.zig

Errors

TODO

Test

cd test_null
zig test test_null.zig

C library (libcurl)

cd curl
zig build-exe curl.zig 

See https://ziglearn.org/chapter-4/

Config

cd config/
zig build-exe config.zig 
./config 

Comptime

TODO

Async

TODO

See https://ziglearn.org/chapter-5/

Allocator

TODO

See https://ziglearn.org/chapter-2/#allocators

Cross compile

cd cross-compile-arm/
zig targets
zig targets | jq .arch
zig targets | jq .os
zig targets | jq .abi
zig targets | jq .libc

zig build-exe hello.zig -target armeb-linux-musleabi --library c --strip --single-threaded
file hello

See https://ziglearn.org/chapter-3/#cross-compilation

Benchmarks

cd benchmark/
./benchmark.sh

See https://github.com/Sahnvour/zig-benchmark See https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/why-measure-toy-benchmark-programs.html See https://github.com/tiehuis/zig-benchmarks-game

Resources

• https://ziglearn.org/
• https://github.com/ziglang/zig/tree/master/test