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Stdle #52 · comptime · 2026-07-28

What does this Zig snippet output?

A past puzzle — fully playable. 4 attempts, hints on wrong guesses.

const std = @import("std");
fn add(a: anytype, b: @TypeOf(a)) @TypeOf(a) {
return a + b;
}
pub fn main() void {
std.debug.print("{d}\n", .{add(@as(u8, 100), 50)});
std.debug.print("{d}\n", .{add(@as(i32, -10), 30)});
}
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