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"Multi pointers" are now "many pointers"

TypeInfo.Pointer.Size says "many", so there we are!
Dave Gauer 4 years ago
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README.md

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Planned exercises:
 * [x] Optionals
 * [x] Struct methods
 * [x] Slices
-* [x] Multi pointers
+* [x] Many pointers
 * [ ] Unions
 * [ ] Numeric types (integers, floats)
 * [ ] Labelled blocks and loops

+ 1 - 1
build.zig

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ const exercises = [_]Exercise{
         .output = "'all your base are belong to us.' 'for great justice.'",
     },
     .{
-        .main_file = "54_multipointers.zig",
+        .main_file = "54_manypointers.zig",
         .output = "Memory is a resource.",
     },
 };

+ 5 - 5
exercises/54_multipointers.zig → exercises/54_manypointers.zig

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ pub fn main() void {
     //
     //     const zen12: []const u8 = "...";
     //
-    // Now let's turn this into a "multi pointer":
-    const zen_multiptr: [*]const u8 = zen12;
+    // Now let's turn this into a "many pointer":
+    const zen_manyptr: [*]const u8 = zen12;
 
-    // It's okay to access zen_multiptr just like an array or slice as
+    // It's okay to access zen_manyptr just like an array or slice as
     // long as you keep track of the length yourself!
     //
     // A "string" in Zig is a pointer to an array of const u8 values
     // or a slice of const u8 values, into one, as we saw above). So,
-    // we could treat a "multi pointer" of const u8 a string as long
+    // we could treat a "many pointer" of const u8 a string as long
     // as we can CONVERT IT TO A SLICE. (Hint: we do know the length!)
     //
     // Please fix this line so the print below statement can print it:
-    const zen12_string: []const u8 = zen_multiptr;
+    const zen12_string: []const u8 = zen_manyptr;
 
     // Here's the moment of truth!
     std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{zen12_string});

+ 4 - 0
patches/patches/54_manypointers.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+33c33
+<     const zen12_string: []const u8 = zen_manyptr;
+---
+>     const zen12_string: []const u8 = zen_manyptr[0..21];

+ 0 - 4
patches/patches/54_multipointers.patch

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-33c33
-<     const zen12_string: []const u8 = zen_multiptr;
----
->     const zen12_string: []const u8 = zen_multiptr[0..21];