Zig Unleashed

A Comprehensive Guide to Robust and Optimal Programming

In this repository, you will find code samples for each chapter of the book. The book mentions the name of each file, which corresponds to the respective file in this repository.

Chapters

• Chapter 01: Introduction
• Chapter 02: The Basics
• Chapter 03: Functions
• Chapter 04: Arrays and Slices
• Chapter 05: Struct, Enums and Unions
• Chapter 06: Pointers and Memory Management
• Chapter 07: Error Handling
• Chapter 08: Interfacing with C
• Chapter 09: Advance Topics

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Software Requirements

It is recommended to use a linux operating system as we use Makefile extensively throughout this repository, however, you may use Windows (recommended to use zig cc/c++ as the C/C++ compiler respectively).

Required:

• zig: v0.11.0
• rustc: > v1.63
• clang/gcc: v13.0.0/v11.4.0
• g++: v11.4.0
• make: v4.3

For ch09's cross-compilation you will need the following if you would like to target the Raspberry Pi 4:

Dependencies:

$ sudo apt install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf-dbg qemu-user

Rust target: rustup target add armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf

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Statistics

File and Line Distribution

Statistics per Chapter

Chapter 1: Introduction

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
Zig	1	8
Total	1	8

Chapter 2: The Basics

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
Zig	15	328
C	1	16
Rust	1	9
Total	17	353

Chapter 3: Functions

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
Zig	13	269
C	2	43
Rust	1	16
C++	1	22
Total	17	350

Chapter 4: Arrays and Slices

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
Zig	25	454
C	3	123
Total	28	577

Chapter 5: Struct, Enums and Unions

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
Zig	10	227
C	3	82
C++	1	31
Total	14	340

Chapter 6: Pointers and Memory Management

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
Zig	17	2126
C	9	93
Total	26	2219

Chapter 7: Error Handling

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
C++	1	18
Zig	1	20
Rust	1	21
Total	3	59

Chapter 8: Interfacing with C

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
C	4	258
Zig	4	22062
Total	8	22320

Chapter 9: Advance Topics

Language	Number of Files	Total Lines
Rust	2	6
C	1	6
Zig	3	99
Total	6	111