From 3c046ab9d94c96632bdfd21ad20bea0613bfc1e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: IOKG04 <iokg04@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:23:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] `[:x]T` coerces into `[*:x]T`

https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/9628
---
 doc/langref/test_coerce_slices_arrays_and_pointers.zig | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/langref/test_coerce_slices_arrays_and_pointers.zig b/doc/langref/test_coerce_slices_arrays_and_pointers.zig
index b2fdb6c787..67b2687163 100644
--- a/doc/langref/test_coerce_slices_arrays_and_pointers.zig
+++ b/doc/langref/test_coerce_slices_arrays_and_pointers.zig
@@ -67,4 +67,11 @@ test "*T to *[1]T" {
     try expect(z[0] == 1234);
 }
 
+// Sentinel-terminated slices can be coerced into sentinel-terminated pointers
+test "[:x]T to [*:x]T" {
+    const buf: [:0]const u8 = "hello";
+    const buf2: [*:0]const u8 = buf;
+    try expect(buf2[4] == 'o');
+}
+
 // test