zig/doc/langref/test_allocator.zig

const std = @import("std");
const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
const expect = std.testing.expect;

test "using an allocator" {
    var buffer: [100]u8 = undefined;
    var fba = std.heap.FixedBufferAllocator.init(&buffer);
    const allocator = fba.allocator();
    const result = try concat(allocator, "foo", "bar");
    try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, "foobar", result));
}

fn concat(allocator: Allocator, a: []const u8, b: []const u8) ![]u8 {
    const result = try allocator.alloc(u8, a.len + b.len);
    @memcpy(result[0..a.len], a);
    @memcpy(result[a.len..], b);
    return result;
}

// test