Zig unable to resolve comptime value in an if expression for two arguments

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This compiles

if (replacement.items.len == 0) {
    try replacement.insertSlice(allocator, 3, "foo");
} else if (containsString(&keywords, replacement.items)) {
    try replacement.insertSlice(allocator, 3, "foo");
}

but this doesn’t

if (replacement.items.len == 0 || containsString(&keywords, replacement.items)) {
    try replacement.insertSlice(allocator, 3, "foo");
}

src/main.zig:245:76: error: unable to resolve comptime value
    if (replacement.items.len == 0 || containsString(&keywords, replacement.items)) {
                                                                ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
src/main.zig:245:53: note: types must be comptime-known
    if (replacement.items.len == 0 || containsString(&keywords, replacement.items)) {
                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Can smb please explain please?

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you need to use the or operator, not the || operator. The || operator is a union operation over error sets, or is for the boolean “or” operation that you want to perform in your sample :smiley:

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Omg, sorry, I completly forgot

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