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+//
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+// With tagged unions, it gets EVEN BETTER! If you don't have a
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+// need for a separate enum, you can define an inferred enum with
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+// your union all in one place. Just use the 'enum' keyword in
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+// place of the tag type:
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+//
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+// const Foo = union(enum) {
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+// small: u8,
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+// medium: u32,
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+// large: u64,
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+// };
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+//
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+// Let's convert Insect. Doctor Zoraptera has already deleted the
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+// explicit InsectStat enum for you!
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+//
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+const std = @import("std");
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+
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+const Insect = union(InsectStat) {
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+ flowers_visited: u16,
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+ still_alive: bool,
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+};
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+
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+pub fn main() void {
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+ var ant = Insect{ .still_alive = true };
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+ var bee = Insect{ .flowers_visited = 17 };
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+
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+ std.debug.print("Insect report! ", .{});
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+
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+ printInsect(ant);
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+ printInsect(bee);
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+
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+ std.debug.print("\n", .{});
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+}
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+
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+fn printInsect(insect: Insect) void {
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+ switch (insect) {
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+ .still_alive => |a| std.debug.print("Ant alive is: {}. ", .{a}),
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+ .flowers_visited => |f| std.debug.print("Bee visited {} flowers. ", .{f}),
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+ }
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+}
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+
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+// Inferred enums are neat, representing the tip of the iceberg
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+// in the relationship between enums and unions. You can actually
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+// coerce a union TO an enum (which gives you the active field
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+// from the union as an enum). What's even wilder is that you can
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+// coerce an enum to a union! But don't get too excited, that
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+// only works when the union type is one of those weird zero-bit
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+// types like void!
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+//
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+// Tagged unions, as with most ideas in computer science, have a
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+// long history going back to the 1960s. However, they're only
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+// recently becoming mainstream, particularly in system-level
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+// programming languages. You might have also seen them called
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+// "variants", "sum types", or even "enums"!
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