Zig Weekly #1

2026-10-26

Hi all! This is the first issue of Zig Weekly, I'm hoping for this project to grow, I'll do my best to keep it up. Help welcome :) // Best Regards - Filip

Language & compiler

Partial operator precedence - the compiler now rejects some mixed-operator expressions such as x orelse y == z until you add parentheses, closing proposal #114 from 2016 (PR #30160).
Fields at the top (#37375) - accepted: fields of structs, enums and unions would have to come before all declarations. Discussion on whether zig fmt or the compiler should enforce it is still going.
Remove comptime fields (#32045) - accepted proposal. Commenters are worried about what it means for @call with mixed comptime and runtime arguments, and discussion continues.
File-level namespace syntax (#37373) - accepted: a file could declare itself an enum, union, opaque or packed struct with a line like struct; at the top.
Replace c_* types with an @C builtin (#36082) - accepted proposal aims to express C ABI types without reserving words like c_int in the language.
@alignOf for all types (#32080) - accepted: @alignOf would work for every type, returning 1 for vacuous and comptime-only types.
align(1) on wasm functions (#37302) - the core team agreed to allow it, and the fix landed in PR #37386.
Fewer inline switch instantiations (#36696) - accepted: an inline switch prong that does not capture the tag would be instantiated once per payload type.
Lazy dependency fetching in the build system - the build now fetches pending lazy dependencies and retries when an artifact is not found, with a guard against infinite retry loops.
Naked package metadata - dependencies that have no build.zig.zon of their own can now declare version and paths next to the URL, which gives them a readable package hash and filters out unwanted files.

ZLS

ZLS 0.17.0 is released for Zig 0.17.
Fix for a use-after-free when the build config is invalidated and better init function completion.

Community projects

Compiled from public posts. Want something removed or credited differently? Open an issue or pull request or email hello@zigweekly.com.

From the Ziggit thread What's everybody working on? (October edition):

lukeflo is writing a TUI library with lists, text fields, borders and resizing.
RadsammyT is building a TUI IRC client on termbox2.
sashka added a formula editor to a spreadsheet app, powered by Zig comptime.
Zandr0id is working on radCAD, a 2D geometry and constraint solver.
listic is writing a Zig community mirror in Zig.
morrijm4 started an Express.js-inspired HTTP/1.1 server.

Articles & videos

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The glorious @xkcdRandom Zig builtin - a joke fork of the compiler that adds a builtin always returning 4 (after the xkcd comic), written as a tour of how the compiler is structured
We have Traits at Home - techniques for abstraction in Zig using comptime

Call for participation

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Upcoming events

Wednesday 28 October - Zig Maven online event "Zig: From Beginner to Slightly Less Beginner".
Saturday 7 November - Zig Day Portland #5, Portland, OR.
Sunday 8 November - Zig Day Seattle #4, Bellevue, WA.
Saturday 21 November - Zig Day Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Jobs

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Contribute

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