# Handle unions differently in std.fmt \(\#1432\) · gitcafe/zig

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Author: tgschultz

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

```
Handle unions differently in std.fmt (#1432)

* Handle unions differently in std.fmt

Print the active tag's value in tagged unions. Untagged unions considered unsafe to print and treated like a pointer or an array.


```

## Parents

- [009e90f446ec7a81d602906fda9b17a6af1859f5](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/009e90f446ec7a81d602906fda9b17a6af1859f5?format=markdown)

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