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std.meta: add identifier case inflection #31696

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Add metaprogramming logic to enable modifying the case of strings
containing identifiers.

While doing some metaprogramming experiments (that I hope to contribute back to std), I had a need to map a snake_case identifier to a camelCase identifier.
I figured this code could benefit a lot of people, so I added more case inflections than only those I need while allowing usage at both compile-time and runtime.

Add metaprogramming logic to enable modifying the case of strings containing identifiers. While doing some metaprogramming experiments (that I hope to contribute back to *std*), I had a need to map a *snake_case* identifier to a *camelCase* identifier. I figured this code could benefit a lot of people, so I added more case inflections than only those I need while allowing usage at both compile-time and runtime.
brodeuralexis force-pushed feature/std.meta.inflection from 01a9c29b0e
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2026年03月27日 20:31:06 +01:00 Compare
Deduplicate logic
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The functions for generation of compile-time identifier cases were
eerily similar. We deduplicate the logic, removing code that was not
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doesn't it make more sense to put it in ascii or fmt?

doesn't it make more sense to put it in ascii or fmt?
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we have std.zig but the use case doesn't seem particularly motivating imo, in the sense i dont see from the description what the benefit to having this in std vs a package is

we have `std.zig` but the use case doesn't seem particularly motivating imo, in the sense i dont see from the description what the benefit to having this in std vs a package is
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Thank you for the contribution! However, I don't think this is a good fit for the standard library---it looks like it would instead be better suited to a third-party package---so I'm going to close this.

Thank you for the contribution! However, I don't think this is a good fit for the standard library---it looks like it would instead be better suited to a third-party package---so I'm going to close this.
mlugg closed this pull request 2026年03月29日 13:46:10 +02:00
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Thanks, I might rework this in a package.
I've been working on trying to automate instantiating a vtable at compile time, which might become useful because of std.Io and other interfaces in std.

Thanks, I might rework this in a package. I've been working on trying to automate instantiating a vtable at compile time, which might become useful because of *std.Io* and other interfaces in *std*.
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