Curriculum Basics Variables (const and var) exercise 2 · mcq
Variables (const and var)
TypeScript's const and Zig's const look identical, but
there's a wrinkle: Zig prefers const as the DEFAULT — every
declaration starts as const until you have a reason to make
it mutable. Pick the Zig translation for this constant.
TypeScript reference
About this theme
Zig defaults the other way from TypeScript. const is the default reflex; var is the explicit opt-in when you need to reassign. Type annotations come AFTER the name (var x: i32 = 5), not before, and they're optional when the literal disambiguates. Shadowing across scopes is allowed; redeclaring in the same scope is a compile error.