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Michael Dusan 2019-09-05 19:23:07 -04:00
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## Why is switching on `[]u8` (strings) not supported?
In summary, Jimmi made a good attempt at implementing a `StringSwitch` in `comptime` and concluded that good old chained `if` statements were fastest.
For details see [match.zig](https://github.com/Hejsil/fun-with-zig/blob/master/bench/match.zig) .
## Are there any good examples of advanced internals development with Zig (specifically stage1 bug fixes)?
Zig stage1 compiler is currently implemented in c++ and will probably remain that way for some time. If you want to see some good examples of fixing a bug in the stage1 compiler: