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		dontlaugh on Feb 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How a Zig IDE Could Work It’s not necessarily simpler than an explicit hygienic macro system or similar, since comptime is a complex feature with surprising consequences. Mostly it moves the complexity around.

throwawaymaths on Feb 11, 2023 [–]

I work in a language with hygienic macros and in zig, and zigs way is simpler and more constrained.

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