How to use the zon format

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So im making a application, and i wanna use zon for it. i did see there was some stuff for it in the std but im unsure on how to use it.

thanks in advance

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Hello @maja
Welcome to ziggit :slight_smile:

To use zon, you need a master zig version (0.14.0-dev).

If the zon file is available at compile time you can @import the file.

To parse a zon file at runtime, you can use std.zon.parse.fromSlice where T is the zon type.

Example:

const std = @import("std");

test {
    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;

    const Foo = struct {
        bar: []const u8,
    };

    const zon = try std.zon.parse.fromSlice(
        Foo,
        allocator,
        ".{ .bar = \"AAA\" }",
        null,
        .{},
    );
    defer std.zon.parse.free(allocator, zon);

    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("AAA", zon.bar);
}

For more information see the std.zon package documentation and zon pull request.

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