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+//
+// Zig has builtins for mathematical operations such as...
+//
+//      @sqrt        @sin          @cos 
+//      @exp         @log          @floor
+//
+// ...and lots of type casting operations such as...
+//
+//      @as          @intToError   @intToFloat
+//      @intToPtr    @ptrToInt     @enumToInt
+//
+// Spending part of a rainy day skimming through the complete
+// list of builtins in the official Zig documentation wouldn't be
+// a bad use of your time. There are some seriously cool features
+// in there. Check out @call, @compileLog, @embedFile, and @src!
+//
+//                            ...
+//
+// For now, we're going to complete our examination of builtins
+// by exploring just THREE of Zig's MANY introspection abilities:
+//
+// 1. @This() type
+// 
+// Returns the innermost struct, enum, or union that a function
+// call is inside.
+//
+// 2. @typeInfo(comptime T: type) @import("std").builtin.TypeInfo
+// 
+// Returns information about any type in a TypeInfo union which
+// will contain different information depending on which type
+// you're examining.
+// 
+// 3. @TypeOf(...) type
+// 
+// Returns the type common to all input parameters (each of which
+// may be any expression). The type is resolved using the same
+// "peer type resolution" process the compiler itself uses when
+// inferring types.
+//
+// (Notice how the two functions which return types start with
+// uppercase letters? This is a standard naming practice in Zig.)
+//
+const print = import(std).debug.print; // Oops!
+
+const Narcissus = struct {
+    me: *Narcissus = undefined,
+    myself: *Narcissus = undefined,
+    echo: void = undefined,
+    
+    fn fetchTheMostBeautifulType() type {
+        return @This();
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn main() void {
+    var narcissus: Narcissus = Narcissus {};
+
+    // Oops! We cannot leave the 'me' and 'myself' fields
+    // undefined. Please set them here:
+    ??? = &narcissus;
+    ??? = &narcissus;
+
+    // This determines a "peer type" from three separate
+    // references (they just happen to all be the same object).
+    const T1 = @TypeOf(narcissus, narcissus.me.*, narcissus.myself.*);
+
+    // Oh dear, we seem to have done something wrong when calling
+    // this function. It is namespaced to the struct, but doesn't
+    // use the method syntax (there's no self parameter). Please
+    // fix this call:
+    const T2 = narcissus.fetchTheMostBeautifulType();
+
+    print("A {} loves all {}es. ", .{T1, T2});
+
+    //   His final words as he was looking in
+    //   those waters he habitually watched
+    //   were these:
+    //       "Alas, my beloved boy, in vain!"
+    //   The place gave every word back in reply.
+    //   He cried:
+    //            "Farewell."
+    //   And Echo called:
+    //                   "Farewell!"
+    //
+    //     --Ovid, The Metamorphoses
+    //       translated by Ian Johnston
+
+    print("He has room in his heart for:", .{});
+
+    // A StructFields array
+    const fields = @typeInfo(Narcissus).Struct.fields;
+
+    // 'fields' is an array of StructFields. Here's the declaration:
+    //
+    //     pub const StructField = struct {
+    //         name: []const u8,
+    //         field_type: type,
+    //         default_value: anytype,
+    //         is_comptime: bool,
+    //         alignment: comptime_int,
+    //     };
+    //
+    // Please complete these 'if' statements so that the field
+    // name will not be printed if the field is of type 'void'
+    // (which is a zero-bit type that takes up no space at all!):
+    if (fields[0].??? != void) {
+        print(" {s}", .{@typeInfo(Narcissus).Struct.fields[0].name});
+    }
+
+    if (fields[1].??? != void) {
+        print(" {s}", .{@typeInfo(Narcissus).Struct.fields[1].name});
+    }
+
+    if (fields[2].??? != void) {
+        print(" {s}", .{@typeInfo(Narcissus).Struct.fields[2].name});
+    }
+
+    // Yuck, look at all that repeated code above! I don't know
+    // about you, but it makes me itchy.
+    //
+    // Alas, we can't use a regular 'for' loop here because
+    // 'fields' can only be evaluated at compile time.  It seems
+    // like we're overdue to learn about this "comptime" stuff,
+    // isn't it? :-)
+
+    print(".\n", .{});
+}