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| -rw-r--r-- | exercises/065_builtins2.zig | 44 |
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diff --git a/exercises/065_builtins2.zig b/exercises/065_builtins2.zig index d50b6f0..a0f9160 100644 --- a/exercises/065_builtins2.zig +++ b/exercises/065_builtins2.zig @@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ // (Notice how the two functions which return types start with // uppercase letters? This is a standard naming practice in Zig.) // -const print = import(std).debug.print; // Oops! +const print = @import("std").debug.print; const Narcissus = struct { me: *Narcissus = undefined, myself: *Narcissus = undefined, - echo: void = undefined, + echo: void = undefined, // Alas, poor Echo! fn fetchTheMostBeautifulType() type { return @This(); @@ -57,20 +57,26 @@ pub fn main() void { // Oops! We cannot leave the 'me' and 'myself' fields // undefined. Please set them here: - ??? = &narcissus; - ??? = &narcissus; + narcissus.me = &narcissus; + narcissus.??? = ???; // This determines a "peer type" from three separate // references (they just happen to all be the same object). - const T1 = @TypeOf(narcissus, narcissus.me.*, narcissus.myself.*); + const Type1 = @TypeOf(narcissus, narcissus.me.*, narcissus.myself.*); // Oh dear, we seem to have done something wrong when calling - // this function. It is namespaced to the struct, but doesn't - // use the method syntax (there's no self parameter). Please - // fix this call: - const T2 = narcissus.fetchTheMostBeautifulType(); + // this function. We called it as a method, which would work + // if it had a self parameter. But it doesn't. (See above.) + // + // The fix for this is very subtle, but it makes a big + // difference! + const Type2 = narcissus.fetchTheMostBeautifulType(); - print("A {} loves all {}es. ", .{ T1, T2 }); + // Now we print a pithy statement about Narcissus. + print("A {s} loves all {s}es. ", .{ + maximumNarcissism(Type1), + maximumNarcissism(Type2), + }); // His final words as he was looking in // those waters he habitually watched @@ -121,7 +127,23 @@ pub fn main() void { // Alas, we can't use a regular 'for' loop here because // 'fields' can only be evaluated at compile time. It seems // like we're overdue to learn about this "comptime" stuff, - // doesn't it? :-) + // doesn't it? Don't worry, we'll get there. print(".\n", .{}); } + +// NOTE: This exercise did not originally include the function below. +// But a change after Zig 0.10.0 added the source file name to the +// type. "Narcissus" became "065_builtins2.Narcissus". +// +// To fix this, I've added this function to strip the filename from +// the front of the type name in the dumbest way possible. (It returns +// a slice of the type name starting at character 14 (assuming +// single-byte characters). +// +// We'll be seeing @typeName again in Exercise 070. For now, you can +// see that it takes a Type and returns a u8 "string". +fn maximumNarcissism(myType: anytype) []const u8 { + // Turn '065_builtins2.Narcissus' into 'Narcissus' + return @typeName(myType)[14..]; +} |