I see, that's greatif it is only locally installed and used, messing with PATH could, probably, break stuff like nvm or others

Comptime replaces macros/reflection.

It's basically Zig code that runs at compile time in your code...

No other "weird" language to learn; it's zig all the way. What you would have written in macro is written in zig comptime.

Even the build system is zig...

Same for generics, it's comptime...

As I mentioned, a couple of tasks loosely related. The patch you are mentioning isn't complete nor address the real problem.

It is an ugly hack at best.

Refrain from your urge to defend rust at all costs. You are sliding more and more toward the specifics of a project than the fact I stated about rust in general.

If you still not get my initial point I've made, read this.

That's a long read explaining what I meant. My point was about Rust, not Zed or the developers of Zed in particular.

And for the Zed editor, I wish them the best luck, it seems like a great project that people enjoy.

Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts on the article above, my dear favorite nutritious veggie.

You're not an idiot, you just misremembered. It happens