Q regarding design of Zig: What is the advantage of @import (Zig) in comparison with #include (C)?

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Hi,

What is/are the advantage/s of @import (Zig) in comparison with #include (C) ?

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Tuxic

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  • C’s include is only text replacement, the body of a header will be inserted into where it’s included.
  • Zig’s import is used as namespace, which is not available in C.

https://mattnite.github.io/posts/import-and-packages/

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Thank you for the information and the link! :slight_smile: