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| 11-Jul-2022 |
Barry Smith <bsmith@mcs.anl.gov> |
Add a builder for a zig example in PETSc
The BuildSystem is written in zig :-)
Extremely annoying, zig documentation is terrible for a beginner.
* compiler error messages are worse than useless, a
Add a builder for a zig example in PETSc
The BuildSystem is written in zig :-)
Extremely annoying, zig documentation is terrible for a beginner.
* compiler error messages are worse than useless, at least they are not endless like with C++.
* googling for help or example code is useless because most of it is out-dated and hence wrong
* the one true documentation does not link to examples so one has to guess (wrongly) how to use any functionality
Notes on the language.
* zig functions often return a union of an object and an error;
* this is not mentioned in the introductory material
* one must use if (path) |value| to pull out the valid case, just using path in the next call produces impossible to
understand error messages
* many examples on the web do not handle this (presumably from earlier zig versions) and thus are wrong and
hence confusing
Commit-type: feature
/spend 6h
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