Zig Programming Language Reintroduces Async/Await with Redesigned API
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Summary
The article discusses the return of async/await functionality to the Zig programming language after a complete redesign. The author shares their excitement about trying out the new API, which was recently merged into the master branch via pull request #25592. The content explains the background of why async/await was removed from earlier versions and the team's ground-up redesign approach, with additional context about what changed, why it matters, and how to use the new API.
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The foundation for this long-awaited feature arrived via pull request #25592, which was merged just one day before I began writing this.
Zig removed async/await support from earlier versions while the team completely redesigned the API from the ground up.
I was so excited to try it out that I compiled Zig from the master branch on my local machine—the easier way to access it right now.
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