zig

commit ac3d9759ed6d28bb2fcb6f6f596e28ae5dae8969 (tree)
parent 922d33e5b9195587afa4e97cd60c0af0212938bd
Author: Exonorid <exonorid@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:18:23 -0700

Added documentation for implicit struct pointer dereferencing

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doc/langref.html.in
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -3159,7 +3159,12 @@ test "linked list" {
         .last = &node,
         .len = 1,
     };
+    
+    // When using a pointer to a struct, fields can be accessed directly,
+    // without explicitly dereferencing the pointer.
+    // So you can do
     try expect(list2.first.?.data == 1234);
+    // instead of try expect(list2.first.?.*.data == 1234);
 }
       {#code_end#}