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Provide examples of various initializations.
58 lines
2.2 KiB
Zig
58 lines
2.2 KiB
Zig
const expect = @import("std").testing.expect;
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const expectEqualSlices = @import("std").testing.expectEqualSlices;
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test "basic slices" {
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var array = [_]i32{ 1, 2, 3, 4 };
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var known_at_runtime_zero: usize = 0;
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_ = &known_at_runtime_zero;
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const slice = array[known_at_runtime_zero..array.len];
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// alternative initialization using result location
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const alt_slice: []const i32 = &.{ 1, 2, 3, 4 };
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try expectEqualSlices(i32, slice, alt_slice);
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try expect(@TypeOf(slice) == []i32);
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try expect(&slice[0] == &array[0]);
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try expect(slice.len == array.len);
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// If you slice with comptime-known start and end positions, the result is
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// a pointer to an array, rather than a slice.
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const array_ptr = array[0..array.len];
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try expect(@TypeOf(array_ptr) == *[array.len]i32);
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// You can perform a slice-by-length by slicing twice. This allows the compiler
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// to perform some optimisations like recognising a comptime-known length when
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// the start position is only known at runtime.
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var runtime_start: usize = 1;
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_ = &runtime_start;
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const length = 2;
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const array_ptr_len = array[runtime_start..][0..length];
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try expect(@TypeOf(array_ptr_len) == *[length]i32);
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// Using the address-of operator on a slice gives a single-item pointer.
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try expect(@TypeOf(&slice[0]) == *i32);
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// Using the `ptr` field gives a many-item pointer.
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try expect(@TypeOf(slice.ptr) == [*]i32);
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try expect(@intFromPtr(slice.ptr) == @intFromPtr(&slice[0]));
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// Slices have array bounds checking. If you try to access something out
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// of bounds, you'll get a safety check failure:
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slice[10] += 1;
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// Note that `slice.ptr` does not invoke safety checking, while `&slice[0]`
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// asserts that the slice has len > 0.
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// Empty slices can be created like this:
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const empty1 = &[0]u8{};
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// If the type is known you can use this short hand:
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const empty2: []u8 = &.{};
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try expect(empty1.len == 0);
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try expect(empty2.len == 0);
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// A zero-length initialization can always be used to create an empty slice, even if the slice is mutable.
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// This is because the pointed-to data is zero bits long, so its immutability is irrelevant.
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}
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// test_safety=index out of bounds
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