# Best way to extend std

**URL:** <https://ziggit.dev/t/best-way-to-extend-std/14101>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** language, standard-library\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/best-way-to-extend-std/14101 "2026-01-28T18:29:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/best-way-to-extend-std/14101/3 "2026-01-28T19:17:16Z")

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A nice thing about Zig is that option 1 is always a possibility since containers can’t have private fields, so you can access the entire local state of any container even if you’re not inside of its namespace.

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