From 1e552a1dd6dac663a9329e5c71c5c7c245f2ed1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Boesch <chrboesch@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 22:56:23 +0100
Subject: I/O improvements

---
 exercises/026_hello2.zig | 8 ++++----
 exercises/034_quiz4.zig  | 4 ++--
 exercises/106_files.zig  | 6 ++++--
 exercises/107_files2.zig | 5 +++--
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'exercises')

diff --git a/exercises/026_hello2.zig b/exercises/026_hello2.zig
index 9cd8bbc..f110d87 100644
--- a/exercises/026_hello2.zig
+++ b/exercises/026_hello2.zig
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 //
 const std = @import("std");
 
-// Instance for input/output operations; we will learn more about this later.
-const io = std.Options.debug_io;
-
 // Take note that this main() definition now returns "!void" rather
 // than just "void". Since there's no specific error type, this means
 // that Zig will infer the error type. This is appropriate in the case
@@ -17,7 +14,10 @@ const io = std.Options.debug_io;
 // You can find more information at:
 // https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#Inferred-Error-Sets
 //
-pub fn main() !void {
+pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
+    // Instance for input/output operations; we will learn more about this later.
+    const io = init.io;
+
     // We get a Writer for Standard Out...
     var stdout_writer = std.Io.File.stdout().writer(io, &.{});
     // ...and extract its interface so we can print() to it.
diff --git a/exercises/034_quiz4.zig b/exercises/034_quiz4.zig
index 28f2291..b33a6f5 100644
--- a/exercises/034_quiz4.zig
+++ b/exercises/034_quiz4.zig
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 //     my_num=42
 //
 const std = @import("std");
-const io = std.Options.debug_io;
 
 const NumError = error{IllegalNumber};
 
-pub fn main() void {
+pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
+    const io = init.io;
     var stdout_writer = std.Io.File.stdout().writer(io, &.{});
     const stdout = &stdout_writer.interface;
 
diff --git a/exercises/106_files.zig b/exercises/106_files.zig
index b2ebb17..bf4de9b 100644
--- a/exercises/106_files.zig
+++ b/exercises/106_files.zig
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 // performance. We'll learn about buffered I/O in a later exercise.
 //
 const std = @import("std");
-const io = std.Options.debug_io;
 
-pub fn main() !void {
+pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
+    // default I/O implementation
+    const io = init.io;
+
     // first we get the current working directory
     const cwd: std.Io.Dir = std.Io.Dir.cwd();
 
diff --git a/exercises/107_files2.zig b/exercises/107_files2.zig
index a11c46a..c363086 100644
--- a/exercises/107_files2.zig
+++ b/exercises/107_files2.zig
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 // performance. We'll learn about buffered I/O in a later exercise.
 
 const std = @import("std");
-const io = std.Options.debug_io;
 
-pub fn main() !void {
+pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
+    const io = init.io;
+
     // Get the current working directory
     const cwd = std.Io.Dir.cwd();
 
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