Zig Plugin Interfaces: C ABI Tables, Version Checks, Feature Flags, and Host Capability Detection

A practical two-hour session on Zig Plugin Interfaces, focused on C ABI Tables, Version Checks, Feature Flags, and Host Capability Detection. 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 Plugin Interfaces
• Apply C ABI Tables in a small working example
• Apply Version Checks in a small working example
• Apply Feature Flags 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.