zig 0.15#

release notes

issue tracking#

zig moved from github to codeberg. old issues (≤25xxx) are on github, new issues (30xxx+) are on codeberg.org/ziglang/zig.

query via API:

curl -s "https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/ziglang/zig/issues?state=all&q=flate"

notes#

• arraylist - ownership patterns (toOwnedSlice vs deinit)
• binary - encoding/decoding wire formats (CBOR, CAR, varints, arenas)
• io - explicit buffers, http client/server, tls quirk
• build - createModule + imports, hash trick
• comptime - type generation, tuple synthesis, string validation
• concurrency - atomics vs mutex, callback pattern, ring buffers
• crypto - ecdsa paths, signature verification
• database - zqlite, connection patterns, transactions
• interfaces - comptime duck typing, type-returning functions, vtables
• modules - file + directory pattern (foo.zig + foo/)
• structs - copy semantics, internal storage for strings
• testing - zig test vs build test, arena for leaky apis
• hashmap - StringHashMap, O(1) block index, managed vs unmanaged
• format - {f} required for format methods, {t} for tag names, signature change