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The next pointer doesn’t have to go first in the structure here. It can go anywhere, and you can use @fieldParentPtr to go back from a reference to the embedded

The next pointer doesn’t have to go first in the structure here. It can go anywhere, and you can use @fieldParentPtr to go back from a reference to the embedded node to a reference to the structure.

n42 1y ago
I think that's the point the parent was making. I read it as them describing a benefit of Zig's approach.
- ralferoo 1y ago
  Yeah, that's what I was trying to say, but obviously not clearly enough.
  - jwmerrill 1y ago
    My mistake! It seems clear in hindsight…