From 3a4bb47fedbb890dc149622e31c75101b14c3b16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan Denny <hello@nektro.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 14:43:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] std.meta.FieldType: use builtin and deprecate

---
 lib/std/meta.zig | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/std/meta.zig b/lib/std/meta.zig
index f218c916e8..c4e3774da5 100644
--- a/lib/std/meta.zig
+++ b/lib/std/meta.zig
@@ -418,12 +418,9 @@ test fieldInfo {
     try testing.expect(comptime uf.type == u8);
 }
 
+/// Deprecated: use @FieldType
 pub fn FieldType(comptime T: type, comptime field: FieldEnum(T)) type {
-    if (@typeInfo(T) != .@"struct" and @typeInfo(T) != .@"union") {
-        @compileError("Expected struct or union, found '" ++ @typeName(T) ++ "'");
-    }
-
-    return fieldInfo(T, field).type;
+    return @FieldType(T, @tagName(field));
 }
 
 test FieldType {