Should you pass around std.process.Init everywhere? | Zig Programming Language | Page 1

jade field Jan 10, 2026, 10:00 PM

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Idk, seems really dumb

quaint root Jan 10, 2026, 10:07 PM

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No, you trivially pass allocators and Io. Keep "juicy main" part inside of the main

jade field Jan 10, 2026, 10:08 PM

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I mean more for args and enviorment variables

quaint root Jan 10, 2026, 10:10 PM

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Honestly you should extract/parse these inside of your main or something like that. Then just pass around the struct of options that your application needs. Not just raw environ

jade field Jan 10, 2026, 10:11 PM

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ok? So lets say I make a lib that uses idk posix and it uses enviorment vars, should I make the user of the lib pass in all the options for it...

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What Im trying to say is that libraries are going to have to get in a bunch of paramaters to do simple logic?

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its like pasing an add function to a math lib

quaint root Jan 10, 2026, 10:13 PM

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Why would libraries even depend on the fact that the options are arriving from environ? Sounds stupid and unportable.

jade field Jan 10, 2026, 10:14 PM

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yeah?

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Personaly Id prefer if they just let stuff like std.posix.getenv be

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mb this is better for #programming-discussion

#Should you pass around std.process.Init everywhere?