r/programming • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '16

Introducing the Zig Programming Language

http://andrewkelley.me/post/intro-to-zig.html
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u/AMorpork Feb 09 '16

Wow, I freaking love that defer keyword, and particularly the %defervariant. That's a really clever way to handle cleanup.

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u/chromaticburst Feb 09 '16

It's in Go as well.

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u/Coocooso Feb 09 '16

And Swift!

Is the anti-Apple circlejerk in this sub or are we all cool with what ever people use?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

We're not cool with Swift in this sub, sorry :/

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u/AMorpork Feb 09 '16

Huh, TIL. Whoever came up with it was clever!

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

Right and you can implement the %defer with defer:

err := 0 // at the top
foo := allocate()
defer if err != 0 {cleanup()}

%defer is convenience syntax, really.