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TL;DR

Implement Zig interfaces using vtables — use tagged unions for closed dispatch and function pointer structs for open, runtime polymorphism.

Key concepts

  • zig interfaces
  • zig vtable
  • zig polymorphism
  • zig dynamic dispatch
  • zig function pointers

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