Pointer Reform - change prefix deref syntax to postfix deref syntax #1019
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start using zig-fmt-pointer-reform branch build of zig fmt to fix code to use the new syntax all of test/cases/* are processed, but there are more left to be done - all the std lib used by the behavior tests
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This is the first step towards #770.
This changes
*xsyntax tox.*. This frees up*as a prefix operator so that we can change the pointer type syntax in a future patch.Instead of manually going through and making these changes in the zig codebase, or using something like
sed, I worked onzig fmtto the point where it can make the modifications automatically.So if you want to have
zig fmtdo the work for you, build this branch and use the stage 2 compiler:https://github.com/zig-lang/zig/tree/zig-fmt-pointer-reform
zig fmtis still young, so be ready to file bugs. See also #1003. Even so, I think this is likely to solve 99% of your upgrade to the new syntax.