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authorChris Boesch <chrboesch@noreply.codeberg.org>2026-06-02 08:56:50 +0200
committerChris Boesch <chrboesch@noreply.codeberg.org>2026-06-02 08:56:50 +0200
commitf6dda8181a28cc5bbb343900bec7d8157f51536e (patch)
treeb5dae98c4dacbcc5046bddebd5488938894a9210
parentac9f96459ce1ce2c1cec5605cf6075d0fbf559b7 (diff)
parentbd55c4ac5a235778f78b91c37a0bf1516bfbcc55 (diff)
Merge pull request 'Add another defer exercise' (#438) from mark2185/exercises:defer3 into main
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/ziglings/exercises/pulls/438
-rw-r--r--exercises/028_defer2.zig23
-rw-r--r--patches/patches/028_defer2.patch18
-rw-r--r--src/elrond.zig5
3 files changed, 42 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/exercises/028_defer2.zig b/exercises/028_defer2.zig
index 35c1326..b490a89 100644
--- a/exercises/028_defer2.zig
+++ b/exercises/028_defer2.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ pub fn main() void {
for (animals) |a| printAnimal(a);
std.debug.print("done.\n", .{});
+
+ std.debug.print("Answer to everything? {d}\n", .{calculateTheUltimateQuestionOfLife()});
}
// This function is _supposed_ to print an animal name in parentheses
@@ -35,3 +37,24 @@ fn printAnimal(animal: u8) void {
std.debug.print("Unknown", .{});
}
+
+// This function is supposed to calculate the answer to the
+// ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything,
+// but it needs to be deferred as far in the future as possible,
+// in order to gather more data.
+//
+// When there are multiple defers in a single block, they are executed in reverse order.
+// This example might seem silly, but it's important to know when e.g.
+// deinitializing containers whose elements need to be deinitialized first.
+fn calculateTheUltimateQuestionOfLife() u32 {
+ var x: u32 = 100;
+
+ // Try reordering the statements to get the answer 42
+ {
+ defer x = x / 10;
+ defer x = x + 11;
+ defer x = x * 2;
+ }
+
+ return x;
+}
diff --git a/patches/patches/028_defer2.patch b/patches/patches/028_defer2.patch
index f09b1e5..28eb806 100644
--- a/patches/patches/028_defer2.patch
+++ b/patches/patches/028_defer2.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- exercises/028_defer2.zig 2023-10-03 22:15:22.122241138 +0200
-+++ answers/028_defer2.zig 2023-10-05 20:04:06.966098530 +0200
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+--- exercises/028_defer2.zig 2026-06-02 06:08:12.713672612 +0200
++++ answers/028_defer2.zig 2026-06-02 06:08:43.262234023 +0200
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
fn printAnimal(animal: u8) void {
std.debug.print("(", .{});
@@ -9,3 +9,15 @@
if (animal == 'g') {
std.debug.print("Goat", .{});
+@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
+
+ // Try reordering the statements to get the answer 42
+ {
+- defer x = x / 10;
+- defer x = x + 11;
+ defer x = x * 2;
++ defer x = x + 11;
++ defer x = x / 10;
+ }
+
+ return x;
diff --git a/src/elrond.zig b/src/elrond.zig
index 35c8857..716f546 100644
--- a/src/elrond.zig
+++ b/src/elrond.zig
@@ -693,7 +693,10 @@ const exercises = [_]Exercise{
},
.{
.main_file = "028_defer2.zig",
- .output = "(Goat) (Cat) (Dog) (Dog) (Goat) (Unknown) done.",
+ .output =
+ \\(Goat) (Cat) (Dog) (Dog) (Goat) (Unknown) done.
+ \\Answer to everything? 42
+ , // pay attention to the comma
},
.{
.main_file = "029_errdefer.zig",