From f7d6c7c902bf1f816d5a1ff81dd9e5a067d428e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zegonix <jonas.s97@gmx.ch>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 23:28:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] (zig) started implementing vector type

---
 zig/src/main.zig   | 21 +++++++------
 zig/src/vector.zig | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 zig/src/vector.zig

diff --git a/zig/src/main.zig b/zig/src/main.zig
index 1aa8209..5c94afd 100644
--- a/zig/src/main.zig
+++ b/zig/src/main.zig
@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 const fs = std.fs;
+const vec = @import("vector.zig");
 
 pub fn main() !void {
-    const stdout = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+    var GPA = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){};
+    const allocator = GPA.allocator();
+    var temp = try vec.vector(u8).new(allocator);
 
-    var cwd: fs.Dir = try fs.cwd().openDir("../", .{});
-    defer cwd.close();
-    var file: fs.File = try cwd.openFile("small-lorem.md", .{.mode = .read_only});
-    defer file.close();
-    var buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+    for (0..12) |n|
+    {
+        try temp.push(@truncate(n));
+    }
+    std.debug.print("{X}\n", .{temp.array[0..temp.length]});
 
-    const length: usize = try file.readAll(&buffer);
-
-    try stdout.print("file ({}): {s}", .{length, buffer[0..length]});
+    const blargh = try temp.drain(.{3, 6});
+    std.debug.print("drained slice: {X}\n", .{blargh});
+    std.debug.print("vector after drain: {X}\n", .{temp.array[0..temp.length]});
 }
 
diff --git a/zig/src/vector.zig b/zig/src/vector.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..804c35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zig/src/vector.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn vector(comptime T: type) type
+{
+    return struct
+    {
+        const Self: type = @This();
+        const VectorType: type = T;
+
+        const VectorError: type = error {
+            OutOfBounds,
+        };
+
+        allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+        array: []VectorType,
+        length: usize,
+
+        pub fn new(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Self
+        {
+            const DEFAULT_SIZE: usize = 16;
+            return Self
+            {
+                .allocator = allocator,
+                .array = try allocator.alloc(VectorType, DEFAULT_SIZE),
+                .length = 0,
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn new_with_capacity(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, capacity: usize) !Self
+        {
+            return Self
+            {
+                .allocator = allocator,
+                .array = try allocator.alloc(VectorType, capacity),
+                .length = 0,
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn push(self: *Self, item: VectorType) !void
+        {
+            if (self.length >= self.array.len)
+            {
+                const new_buffer: []VectorType = try self.allocator.alloc(VectorType, 2 * self.array.len);
+                @memcpy(new_buffer, self.array);
+                self.allocator.free(self.array);
+                self.array = new_buffer;
+            }
+            self.array[self.length] = item;
+            self.length += 1;
+        }
+
+        pub fn pop(self: *Self) VectorType
+        {
+            self.length -= 1;
+            return self.array[self.length];
+        }
+
+        pub fn drain(self: *Self, range: [2]usize) VectorError![]VectorType
+        {
+            if (2 != range.len
+            or range[1] <= range[0]
+            or range[0] > self.array.len
+            or range[1] > self.array.len)
+            {
+                return VectorError.OutOfBounds;
+            }
+
+            // TODO: return array instead of pointer
+            const slice: []VectorType = self.array[range[0]..range[1]];
+            @memmove(self.array.ptr, self.array[range[1]..]);
+            self.length -= range[1] - range[0] + 1;
+
+            return slice;
+        }
+    };
+}
+