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-rw-r--r--exercises/065_builtins2.zig44
-rw-r--r--exercises/080_anonymous_structs.zig15
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 14 deletions
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..];
+}
diff --git a/exercises/080_anonymous_structs.zig b/exercises/080_anonymous_structs.zig
index bbf3690..0ca8f0c 100644
--- a/exercises/080_anonymous_structs.zig
+++ b/exercises/080_anonymous_structs.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
//
// const Foo = struct {};
//
-// * The value of @typeName(Foo) is "Foo".
+// * The value of @typeName(Foo) is "<filename>.Foo".
//
// A struct is also given a name when you return it from a
// function:
@@ -61,16 +61,25 @@ pub fn main() void {
};
print("[{s}: {},{},{}] ", .{
- @typeName(@TypeOf(circle1)),
+ stripFname(@typeName(@TypeOf(circle1))),
circle1.center_x,
circle1.center_y,
circle1.radius,
});
print("[{s}: {d:.1},{d:.1},{d:.1}]\n", .{
- @typeName(@TypeOf(circle2)),
+ stripFname(@typeName(@TypeOf(circle2))),
circle2.center_x,
circle2.center_y,
circle2.radius,
});
}
+
+// Perhaps you remember the "narcissistic fix" for the type name
+// in Ex. 065? We're going to do the same thing here: use a hard-
+// coded slice to return the type name. That's just so our output
+// look prettier. Indulge your vanity. Programmers are beautiful.
+fn stripFname(mytype: []const u8) []const u8 {
+ return mytype[22..];
+}
+// The above would be an instant red flag in a "real" program.