--- title: "Self Hosted Compiler Upgrade Guide · ziglang/zig Wiki" url: https://daily.dev/posts/self-hosted-compiler-upgrade-guide-ziglang-zig-wiki-obedredky source_url: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Self-Hosted-Compiler-Upgrade-Guide type: article source: "Hacker News" published: 2022-08-20T21:51:42.871Z updated: 2023-03-28T02:12:33.271Z tags: ["backend", "zig"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 12 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Self Hosted Compiler Upgrade Guide · ziglang/zig Wiki **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 7 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The new compiler, sometimes called "stage2" or "stage3" is in many ways better than the old compiler. All 0.10.x releases will have the -fstage1 option; the upgrade only will become mandatory starting with 0.11.0.0. For Zig, building itself went from using 9. is a comptime-only function due to its Comptime only return type. However, pointers are still zero bit types. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#zig](https://daily.dev/tags/zig) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/self-hosted-compiler-upgrade-guide-ziglang-zig-wiki-obedredky)