delicate vector
I'm trying to use @embedFile at comptime: https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#toc-embedFile.
fn js_load_file() *const [*:0]u8 {
const contents = @embedFile("./foo.js");
return contents;
}```
I get the following
^
./src/main.zig:341:12: note: pointer type child '[55:0]u8' cannot cast into pointer type child '[*:0]u8'
return contents;
^
Do I have to know the length of the file in order to use this function?
drifting tapir
I think you want [*:0]const u8 not *const [*:0]u8
delicate vector
Thank you! Are you able to provide an explanation? The docs say that @embedFile returns *const [N:0]u8
That's a const pointer to a slice of N u8's terminated with a 0 right?
drifting tapir
Yep
Which implicitly coerces to [:0]const u8 (null terminated slice of const u8)
As well as [*:0]const u8 (multi-pointer to null-terminated array of u8)
delicate vector
is there somewhere to read about this implicit coersion?
simple light
That's a const pointer to a slice of N u8's terminated with a 0 right?
[N:0]u8 is an array, not a slice type
drifting tapir
Oops yes, missed that