Coding style

Big-endian imports vs Little-endian imports

There are two "parties" in Zig about where imports should be placed.

Big-endian - imports are placed at the top of the file, before the code.

Little-endian - imports are placed at the bottom of the file, after the code.

I belong to the LE party. At least, tofu sources use LE imports.

But in examples, I am using BE just for your convenience.

Type inference

Type inference is convenient for the developer:

• when working with comptime-generated code
• when the IDE displays the actual types

It is not convenient for the reader:

• when looking at small examples or snippets
• when reading code in a browser or editor without type hints

That’s why in examples — and increasingly in my own projects — I try to avoid type inference.

Automatic dereference for the . operator on single pointers

I am slowly moving toward always dereference explicitly.