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The language docs are OK: https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/

Zig taught me to read stdlib source, which I do at my $dayjob now too.

It is perfectly fine to read stdlib source. Start with lib/std/mem.zig after reading the docs about the language.

It is much more readable than the C "docs" ISO/IEC 9899:2011. I am so productive now. :)

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C has cppreference, the standard is not made to be learned from.

Zigs stdlib have near zero usable docs.

Yes I know you can browse the code, but thats difficult since the zig lsp has very little idea about a lot of types.

For me, I browse through the GitHub UI and I also keep local copies of Zig (for various releases) so I can `git grep` and glance through lib/std/mem.zig or lib/std/array_list.zig or (as in this post) lib/std/json/static.zig.

I'm not saying it works for everyone but frankly, like motiejus it sounds, I don't mind the minor challenge of being forced to read source code.

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