Using Zig to Unit Test a C Application

• libaegis

  3 39 8.5 C

  Portable C implementations of the AEGIS family of high-performance authenticated encryption algorithms.

I also now always use Zig to write tests and benchmarks for C code.

This is for example the case in libaegis: https://github.com/jedisct1/libaegis

Calling C functions from Zig is easy (C headers can be imported directly) and doesn't have any overhead. So I can take advantage of the convenience of Zig, even if the tested code only requires a C compiler.

I also now always add Zig build files as an alternative to make/libtool/automake/cmake/meson/etc. The main advantage is that cross-compilation to many targets is supported out of the box, including to WebAssembly. So I can quickly test if the C code compiles fine before actually trying to run it on an emulator.

• IncludeOS

  10 4,821 0.0 C++

  A minimal, resource efficient unikernel for cloud services

  

So sad IncludeOS https://github.com/includeos/IncludeOS is no longer developed.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

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