Zig as a C Library: `zig build-lib`, Generated Headers, Symbol Naming, and ABI Verification

A practical two-hour session on Zig as a C Library, focused on zig build-lib, Generated Headers, Symbol Naming, and ABI Verification. The session treats Zig as a native component exposed through C-compatible boundaries, with attention to exported symbols, allocators, packaging, host-runtime tests, and failure handling.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Zig as a C Library
• Apply zig build-lib in a small working example
• Apply Generated Headers in a small working example
• Apply Symbol Naming in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.