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authorDave Gauer <dave@ratfactor.com>2021-04-21 20:08:34 -0400
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+//
+// Being able to pass types to functions at compile time lets us
+// generate code that works with multiple types. But it doesn't
+// help us pass VALUES of different types to a function.
+//
+// For that, we have the 'anytype' placeholder, which tells Zig
+// to infer the actual type of a parameter at compile time.
+//
+// fn foo(thing: anytype) void { ... }
+//
+// Then we can use builtins such as @TypeOf(), @typeInfo(),
+// @typeName(), @hasDecl(), and @hasField() to determine more
+// about the type that has been passed in. All of this logic will
+// be performed entirely at compile time.
+//
+const print = @import("std").debug.print;
+
+// Let's define three structs: Duck, RubberDuck, and Duct. Notice
+// that Duck and RubberDuck both contain waddle() and quack()
+// methods declared in their namespace (also known as "decls").
+
+const Duck = struct {
+ eggs: u8,
+ loudness: u8,
+ location_x: i32 = 0,
+ location_y: i32 = 0,
+
+ fn waddle(self: Duck, x: i16, y: i16) void {
+ self.location_x += x;
+ self.location_y += y;
+ }
+
+ fn quack(self: Duck) void {
+ if (self.loudness < 4) {
+ print("\"Quack.\" ", .{});
+ } else {
+ print("\"QUACK!\" ", .{});
+ }
+ }
+};
+
+const RubberDuck = struct {
+ in_bath: bool = false,
+ location_x: i32 = 0,
+ location_y: i32 = 0,
+
+ fn waddle(self: RubberDuck, x: i16, y: i16) void {
+ self.location_x += x;
+ self.location_y += y;
+ }
+
+ fn quack(self: RubberDuck) void {
+ print("\"Squeek!\" ", .{});
+ }
+};
+
+const Duct = struct {
+ diameter: u32,
+ length: u32,
+ galvanized: bool,
+ connection: ?*Duct = null,
+
+ fn connect(self: Duct, other: *Duct) !void {
+ if (self.diameter == other.diameter) {
+ self.connection = other;
+ } else {
+ return DuctError.UnmatchedDiameters;
+ }
+ }
+};
+
+const DuctError = error{UnmatchedDiameters};
+
+pub fn main() void {
+ // This is a real duck!
+ const ducky1 = Duck{
+ .eggs = 0,
+ .loudness = 3,
+ };
+
+ // This is not a real duck, but it has quack() and waddle()
+ // abilities, so it's still a "duck".
+ const ducky2 = RubberDuck{
+ .in_bath = false,
+ };
+
+ // This is not even remotely a duck.
+ const ducky3 = Duct{
+ .diameter = 17,
+ .length = 165,
+ .galvanized = true,
+ };
+
+ print("ducky1: {}, ", .{isADuck(ducky1)});
+ print("ducky2: {}, ", .{isADuck(ducky2)});
+ print("ducky3: {}\n", .{isADuck(ducky3)});
+}
+
+// This function has a single parameter which is inferred at
+// compile time. It uses builtins @TypeOf() and @hasDecl() to
+// perform duck typing ("if it walks like a duck and it quacks
+// like a duck, then it must be a duck") to determine if the type
+// is a "duck".
+fn isADuck(possible_duck: anytype) bool {
+ // We'll use @hasDecl() to determine if the type has
+ // everything needed to be a "duck".
+ //
+ // In this example, 'has_increment' will be true if type Foo
+ // has an increment() method:
+ //
+ // const has_increment = @hasDecl(Foo, "increment");
+ //
+ // Please make sure MyType has both waddle() and quack()
+ // methods:
+ const MyType = @TypeOf(possible_duck);
+ const walks_like_duck = ???;
+ const quacks_like_duck = ???;
+
+ const is_duck = walks_like_duck and quacks_like_duck;
+
+ if (is_duck) {
+ // We also call the quack() method here to prove that Zig
+ // allows us to perform duck actions on anything
+ // sufficiently duck-like.
+ //
+ // Because all of the checking and inference is performed
+ // at compile time, we still have complete type safety:
+ // attempting to call the quack() method on a struct that
+ // doesn't have it (like Duct) would result in a compile
+ // error, not a runtime panic or crash!
+ possible_duck.quack();
+ }
+
+ return is_duck;
+}