* in Zig build scripts, getOutputPath() is no longer a valid function
to call, unless setOutputDir() was used, or within a custom make()
function. Instead there is more convenient API to use which takes
advantage of the caching system. Search this commit diff for
`exe.run()` for an example.
* Zig build by default enables caching. All build artifacts will go
into zig-cache. If you want to access build artifacts in a convenient
location, it is recommended to add an `install` step. Otherwise
you can use the `run()` API mentioned above to execute programs
directly from their location in the cache. Closes#330.
`addSystemCommand` is available for programs not built with Zig
build.
* Please note that Zig does no cache evicting yet. You may have to
manually delete zig-cache directories periodically to keep disk
usage down. It's planned for this to be a simple Least Recently
Used eviction system eventually.
* `--output`, `--output-lib`, and `--output-h` are removed. Instead,
use `--output-dir` which defaults to the current working directory.
Or take advantage of `--cache on`, which will print the main output
path to stdout, and the other artifacts will be in the same directory
with predictable file names. `--disable-gen-h` is available when
one wants to prevent .h file generation.
* `@cImport` is always independently cached now. Closes#2015.
It always writes the generated Zig code to disk which makes debug
info and compile errors better. No more "TODO: remember C source
location to display here"
* Fix .d file parsing. (Fixes the MacOS CI failure)
* Zig no longer creates "temporary files" other than inside a
zig-cache directory.
This breaks the CLI API that Godbolt uses. The suggested new invocation
can be found in this commit diff, in the changes to `test/cli.zig`.
closes#2024
there's a new cli option `--main-pkg-path` which you can use to choose
a different root package directory besides the one inferred from the
root source file
and a corresponding build.zig API:
foo.setMainPkgPath(path)
* CLI: `-target [name]` instead of `--target-*` args.
This matches clang's API.
* `builtin.Environ` renamed to `builtin.Abi`
- likewise `builtin.environ` renamed to `builtin.abi`
* stop hiding the concept of sub-arch. closes#1526
* `zig targets` only shows available targets. closes#438
* include all targets in readme, even those that don't
print with `zig targets` but note they are Tier 4
* refactor target.cpp and make the naming conventions
more consistent
* introduce the concept of a "default C ABI" for a given
OS/Arch combo. As a rule of thumb, if the system compiler
is clang or gcc then the default C ABI is the gnu ABI.
We pass -MD -MF args to clang when doing `@cImport`, which
gives us a complete list of files that the C code read from.
Then we add these to the cache. So even when using `@cImport`
Zig's caching system remains perfect. This is a proof of concept
for the mechanism that the self-hosted compiler will use to
watch and rebuild files.
New CLI parameter: --c-source [options] [file]
It even works with `--cache on` when there are transitive dependencies.
Instead of `builder.addCExecutable`, use `builder.addExecutable` and pass
`null` for the root source file. Then use `builder.addCSourceFile`,
which takes the path to the C code, and a list of C compiler args.
Be sure to linkSystemLibrary("c") if you want libc headers to be
available.
Merge TestStep into LibExeObjStep. That was long overdue.
* better libc detection
This introduces a new command `zig libc` which prints
the various paths of libc files. It outputs them to stdout
in a simple text file format that it is capable of parsing.
You can use `zig libc libc.txt` to validate a file.
These arguments are gone:
--libc-lib-dir [path] directory where libc crt1.o resides
--libc-static-lib-dir [path] directory where libc crtbegin.o resides
--msvc-lib-dir [path] (windows) directory where vcruntime.lib resides
--kernel32-lib-dir [path] (windows) directory where kernel32.lib resides
Instead we have this argument:
--libc [file] Provide a file which specifies libc paths
This is used to pass a libc text file (which can be generated with
`zig libc`). So it is easier to manage multiple cross compilation
environments.
`--cache on` now works when linking against libc.
`ZigTarget` now has a bool field `is_native`
Better error messaging when you try to link against libc or use
`@cImport` but the various paths cannot be found. It should also be
faster.
* save native_libc.txt in zig-cache
This avoids having to detect libc at runtime on every invocation.
* Separate LoadPtr IR instructions into pass1 and pass2 variants.
* Define `type_size_bits` for extern structs to be the same as
their `@sizeOf(T) * 8` and allow them in packed structs.
* More helpful error messages when trying to use types in
packed structs that are not allowed.
* Support arrays in packed structs even when they are not
byte-aligned.
* Add compile error for using arrays in packed structs when the
padding bits would be problematic. This is necessary since
we do not have packed arrays.
closes#677
* `type_size_store` is no longer a thing. loading and storing a pointer
to a value may dereference up to `@sizeOf(T)` bytes, even for
integers such as `u24`.
* fix `types_have_same_zig_comptime_repr` to not think that the
same `ZigTypeId` means the `ConstExprValue` neccesarily has the
same representation.
* implement `buf_write_value_bytes` and `buf_read_value_bytes` for
`ContainerLayoutPacked`
closes#1120
with this change, when you assign undefined, zig emits a few
assembly instructions to tell valgrind that the memory is undefined
it's on by default for debug builds, and disabled otherwise. only
support for linux, darwin, solaris, mingw on x86_64 is currently
implemented.
--disable-valgrind turns it off even in debug mode.
--enable-valgrind turns it on even in release modes.
It's always disabled for compiler_rt.a and builtin.a.
Adds `@import("builtin").valgrind_support` which lets code know
at comptime whether valgrind client requests are enabled.
See #1989
* also fix extern variables with initialiaztion values to generate runtime code
* remove the workaround in example/shared_library/mathtest.zig
* introduce the ability for global variables to have Weak and LinkOnce
linkage
* fix `@export` to work for non-functions. this code needs to be
audited though.
* fix comptime ptrcast not keeping bigger alignment
* fix linker warnings when targeting darwin
closes#1903
