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So in your mind, one missing section means "no documentation"? This isn't the checkmate you think it is, you're just moving goalposts. But to answer your quest

So in your mind, one missing section means "no documentation"? This isn't the checkmate you think it is, you're just moving goalposts. But to answer your question, it exists in the comments of the auto-generated build.zig.zon file

dns_snek 1y ago
It's not just "one missing section", and we're not just talking about some fringe language feature but the build system which is probably the most complex, important, and under documented part of the language. The official answer to complaints about missing documentation has always been "ask in Discord". Pretending that this isn't the case is just disingenuous. > But to answer your question, it exists in the comments of the auto-generated build.zig.zon file The comments document the file format of build.zig.zon, they don't tell you anything about how to actually use a dependency in your build system.
- kristoff_it 1y ago
  I've added more explanatory comments in the new template that ships with 0.15.1, also you might be interested in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy7w_7JZYyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy7w_7JZYyw
  - dns_snek 1y ago
    Thank you! I've learned how to use it well enough for own my needs by now but I think it would be really helpful to beginners if links to this video and any other useful resources you know about were added to the "Zig Build System" page on your website.
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CRConrad 1y ago
> you're just moving goalposts. Pretty funny, coming from someone who went from "false dichotomy" to "the false equivalency".
- 0x696C6961 1y ago
  Where did I accuse anyone of a false dichotomy?
  - CRConrad 1y ago
    > Where did I accuse anyone of a false dichotomy? You didn't accuse anyone of it, you presented one (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44995714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44995714) and then claimed it wasn't one (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44994200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44994200). And then you blithely went on to talk about "the false equivalency" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44996188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44996188), which nobody had been talking about. What's that, if not "moving goalposts" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998340)?
    - 0x696C6961 1y ago
      You seem confused, I don't think I'll be responding further.
      - CRConrad 1y ago
        I don't think I am "confused". What's "confused" about pointing out the error -- or hypocrisy -- in accusing someone else of "moving goalposts" when it was you who did that? (NB, BTW, it wasn't me you accused; dunno if you noticed that I'm a different person.) And I think if you won't be responding further it's because I either confused you or, more probably, just simply made you realise you were wrong. (Or maybe you knew that all along and just brazenly projected your own goalpost-moving onto someone else, Idunno.) But if you change your mind and do respond, I'd be grateful for an explanation of how you came to the conclusion that I "seem confused", and about what exactly.

dns_snek 1y ago

It's not just "one missing section", and we're not just talking about some fringe language feature but the build system which is probably the most complex, important, and under documented part of the language. The official answer to complaints about missing documentation has always been "ask in Discord". Pretending that this isn't the case is just disingenuous. > But to answer your question, it exists in the comments of the auto-generated build.zig.zon file The comments document the file format of build.zig.zon, they don't tell you anything about how to actually use a dependency in your build system.

kristoff_it 1y ago
I've added more explanatory comments in the new template that ships with 0.15.1, also you might be interested in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy7w_7JZYyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy7w_7JZYyw
- dns_snek 1y ago
  Thank you! I've learned how to use it well enough for own my needs by now but I think it would be really helpful to beginners if links to this video and any other useful resources you know about were added to the "Zig Build System" page on your website.
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CRConrad 1y ago

> you're just moving goalposts. Pretty funny, coming from someone who went from "false dichotomy" to "the false equivalency".

0x696C6961 1y ago
Where did I accuse anyone of a false dichotomy?
- CRConrad 1y ago
  > Where did I accuse anyone of a false dichotomy? You didn't accuse anyone of it, you presented one (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44995714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44995714) and then claimed it wasn't one (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44994200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44994200). And then you blithely went on to talk about "the false equivalency" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44996188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44996188), which nobody had been talking about. What's that, if not "moving goalposts" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998340)?
  - 0x696C6961 1y ago
    You seem confused, I don't think I'll be responding further.
    - CRConrad 1y ago
      I don't think I am "confused". What's "confused" about pointing out the error -- or hypocrisy -- in accusing someone else of "moving goalposts" when it was you who did that? (NB, BTW, it wasn't me you accused; dunno if you noticed that I'm a different person.) And I think if you won't be responding further it's because I either confused you or, more probably, just simply made you realise you were wrong. (Or maybe you knew that all along and just brazenly projected your own goalpost-moving onto someone else, Idunno.) But if you change your mind and do respond, I'd be grateful for an explanation of how you came to the conclusion that I "seem confused", and about what exactly.