HIhiccuphippo·Aug 20, 2022
There's a Language Server: https://github.com/zigtools/zls
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zigtools / zls
zls
A language server for Zig supporting developers with features like autocomplete and goto definition
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A language server for Zig supporting developers with features like autocomplete and goto definition
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesIt looks like zls[1] does everything you want for zig. In particular, [2] seems to be the zig code that does the analysis.
1 - https://github.com/zigtools/zls
2 - https://github.com/zigtools/zls/blob/master/src/analysis.zig
In Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?> Building is slow. It takes about ~3 seconds minimum which is frustratingly slow when I'm fighting basic syntax errors. I wish there was a fast zig check.
> Lack of zig-analyzer makes learning hard.
> zig fmt src/main.zig is nice. Wish it automatically ran on all files.
I also did (well, "am doing", can only work a bit each day and am plugging through day 7 right now) AdventOfCode in Zig this year.
These points here didn't resonate with me at all. I wonder if the author knew about or tried ZLS[0]. I had it on and integrated with my VSCode and it would check a lot of things as I went and format on save. I think I followed something like this[1] to set it up.
[0] https://github.com/zigtools/zls
[1] https://zig.news/jarredsumner/setting-up-visual-studio-code-...
In Failing to Learn Zig via Advent of Code