# How does "comptime continue" work?

**URL:** <https://ziggit.dev/t/how-does-comptime-continue-work/17941>\
**Category:** Explain\
**Tags:** language, compiler, zig-0-16\
**Created:** [October 13, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-does-comptime-continue-work/17941 "2026-10-13T13:45:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-does-comptime-continue-work/17941/2 "2026-10-13T17:12:31Z")

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This has come up a few times. I think a lot of people, myself included, agree that this should work by default. There’s an open issue tracking it at [9524](https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/9524) and previous discussion with @mlugg generally agreeing with the idea [here](https://ziggit.dev/t/comptime-control-flow-inside-runtime-block/4962/5).

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