Use compile-time code to initialize an array (opens in new tab)

The code in question is in the global scope (outside any functions) and it’s initializing a global variable. Zig doesn’t have C++'s concept of executing runtime code before main() (and thank god for that), so the code will run at comptime, even if not annotated with comptime. PS: e.g. if you sift through all the noise here: Compiler Explorer, you’ll find the ‘comptime-populated’ array: example.fancy_array: .long 0 .long 3 .long 6 .long 9 .long 12 .long 15 .long 18 .long 21 .long 24 .long 27