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added 092_interfaces to build

Chris Boesch 2 years ago
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2 changed files with 13 additions and 32 deletions
  1. 5 4
      build.zig
  2. 8 28
      exercises/092_interfaces.zig

+ 5 - 4
build.zig

@@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ const exercises = [_]Exercise{
     //     .@"async" = true,
     // },
     .{
+        .main_file = "092_interfaces.zig",
+        .output = "Daily insect report:\nAnt is alive.\nBee visited 17 flowers.\nGrasshopper hopped 32 m.",
+    },
+    .{
         .main_file = "999_the_end.zig",
         .output = "\nThis is the end for now!\nWe hope you had fun and were able to learn a lot, so visit us again when the next exercises are available.",
     },
@@ -564,10 +568,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
         const file_path = std.fs.path.join(b.allocator, &[_][]const u8{
             if (use_healed) "patches/healed" else "exercises", ex.main_file,
         }) catch unreachable;
-        const build_step = b.addExecutable(.{
-            .name = base_name,
-            .root_source_file = .{ .path = file_path }
-        });
+        const build_step = b.addExecutable(.{ .name = base_name, .root_source_file = .{ .path = file_path } });
 
         build_step.install();
 

+ 8 - 28
exercises/092_interfaces.zig

@@ -1,20 +1,7 @@
 //
-// Remeber excerice xx with tagged unions. That was a lot more better
-// but it's can bee perfect.
+// Remeber excerices 55-57 with tagged unions.
 //
-// With tagged unions, it gets EVEN BETTER! If you don't have a
-// need for a separate enum, you can define an inferred enum with
-// your union all in one place. Just use the 'enum' keyword in
-// place of the tag type:
-//
-//     const Foo = union(enum) {
-//         small: u8,
-//         medium: u32,
-//         large: u64,
-//     };
-//
-// Let's convert Insect. Doctor Zoraptera has already deleted the
-// explicit InsectStat enum for you!
+// (story/explanation from Dave)
 //
 const std = @import("std");
 
@@ -63,9 +50,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         .grasshopper = Grasshopper{ .distance_hopped = 32 },
     } };
 
+    // The daily situation report, what's going on in the garden
     try dailyReport(&my_insects);
 }
 
+// Through the interface we can keep a list of various objects
+// (in this case the insects of our garden) and even pass them
+// to a function without having to know the specific properties
+// of each or the object itself. This is really cool!
 fn dailyReport(insectReport: []Insect) !void {
     std.debug.print("Daily insect report:\n", .{});
     for (insectReport) |insect| {
@@ -73,16 +65,4 @@ fn dailyReport(insectReport: []Insect) !void {
     }
 }
 
-// Inferred enums are neat, representing the tip of the iceberg
-// in the relationship between enums and unions. You can actually
-// coerce a union TO an enum (which gives you the active field
-// from the union as an enum). What's even wilder is that you can
-// coerce an enum to a union! But don't get too excited, that
-// only works when the union type is one of those weird zero-bit
-// types like void!
-//
-// Tagged unions, as with most ideas in computer science, have a
-// long history going back to the 1960s. However, they're only
-// recently becoming mainstream, particularly in system-level
-// programming languages. You might have also seen them called
-// "variants", "sum types", or even "enums"!
+// Interfaces... (explanation from Dave)