zig

commit 292d0cbdadd453874af6e2065638a88d4dda8a10 (tree)
parent eae355d77168d655273afa298dc921c40a36bd0b
Author: Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun,  8 Apr 2018 18:03:02 -0400

add docs for union methods

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doc/langref.html.in
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1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -2033,7 +2033,27 @@ test "union variant switch" {
     assert(mem.eql(u8, what_is_it, "this is a number"));
 }
 
-// TODO union methods
+// Unions can have methods just like structs and enums:
+
+const Variant = union(enum) {
+    Int: i32,
+    Bool: bool,
+
+    fn truthy(self: &const Variant) bool {
+        return switch (*self) {
+            Variant.Int => |x_int| x_int != 0,
+            Variant.Bool => |x_bool| x_bool,
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+test "union method" {
+    var v1 = Variant { .Int = 1 };
+    var v2 = Variant { .Bool = false };
+
+    assert(v1.truthy());
+    assert(!v2.truthy());
+}
 
 
 const Small = union {