en Copyright 2025 Java http://opengrok.kc2vjw.com:8080/history/petsc/src/snes/tutorials/ex1z.zig#65d185e71f0559405185a6ec4978919bf22a2fdf Merge branch 'barry/2022-07-10/add-zig-support' into 'main'Add zig example to PETScSee merge request petsc/petsc!5423 List of files: /petsc/src/snes/tutorials/ex1z.zig Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:28:48 +0000 Satish Balay <balay@mcs.anl.gov> http://opengrok.kc2vjw.com:8080/history/petsc/src/snes/tutorials/ex1z.zig#1b9f3db4640739a21e370abf97d71ced5845a552 Add a builder for a zig example in PETScThe 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 functionalityNotes 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 confusingCommit-type: feature/spend 6h List of files: /petsc/src/snes/tutorials/ex1z.zig Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:45:56 +0000 Barry Smith <bsmith@mcs.anl.gov>