Why did they keep the dot in Struct initialisation? Why not the syntax of just using without dot:
const c1 = Config{
port = 8000,
host = "127.0.0.1",
};
Is there some other use with dotless one?
const c = blk: { const x = 5; break :blk x-3; }; // c = 2
just having an empty block `{}` is exactly that—an empty block of type `void`. having a dot or something else distinguishing it from a block is necessary in order for it to not be that. fn my_func(): MyType {
return .{ ... };
}
The dot is just the placeholder for the inferred type and the above is equivalent with: fn my_func(): MyType {
return MyType{ ... };
}
...and Zig allows to write that verbose form too if you prefer that.