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tagged unions

Learn tagged unions in Zig with a construct-specific explanation, unique example, engineering boundary, and mastery check.

10 min read • Intermediate

tagged unions is a focused Zig topic inside Types. This lesson explains the construct itself, the state or value it operates on, and the observable result it produces.

Read the example as a small executable experiment. Identify the exact syntax that belongs to tagged unions, then change one input and predict the result before running it.

Topic-specific example

zig-04-04-tagged-unions.zig
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const Value = union(enum) { integer:i64, text:[]const u8 };
const v=Value{ .integer=7 };
Edge case / engineering note

tagged unions has rules that are easy to miss when the example is copied mechanically. Check the feature-specific boundary shown by this construct: scope, mutability, evaluation order, type constraints, lifetime, error behavior, compile-time restrictions, or resource cleanup where applicable.

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