exercises/40_pointers2.zig
Dave Gauer cf0920de31 Added Ex. 38-43 for pointers, updated README
Added topics beyond the language basics from ziglearn.org
to the README. That's a lot of exercises. I'd like to keep
it under 100, though!
2021-02-08 20:35:28 -05:00

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//
// It's important to note that variable pointers and constant pointers
// are different types.
//
// Given:
//
// var foo: u8 = 5;
// const bar: u8 = 5;
//
// Then:
//
// &foo is of type "*u8"
// &bar is of type "*const u8"
//
// You can always make a constant pointer to a variable, but you cannot
// make a variable pointer to a constant. This sounds like a logic puzzle,
// but it just means that once data is declared immutable, you can't
// coerce it to a mutable type. It's a safety thing (to prevent mistakes).
//
const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() void {
const a: u8 = 12;
const b: *u8 = &a; // fix this!
std.debug.print("a: {}, b: {}\n", .{a, b.*});
}