elf: flag errors on hitting unimplemented codepaths

elf: fix more int resolution issues

elf: fix 32bit build

elf: add link smoke tests covering emitting obj and static lib

elf: do not store filename in strtab unless longer than 15 chars

elf: store ar state per input object file

elf: do not align end of archive to 2bytes; fix archive parser

Compilation: refactor logic for library-building capabilities

link: commit missing source StringTable.zig

x86_64: rewrite call r/m64 to call rel32 for .got.zig refs when object

elf: align ar_hdr to at least 2 bytes

elf: fix writing symtab to an archive

elf: generate pretty rudimentary archive

elf: collect exports from ZigObject into AR symtab

elf: enable static-lib flush path

x86_64: rewrite .got.zig movs to standard loads when emitting objects

elf: postpone creation of .got.zig entry until code emit

elf: use StringTable for strtab management in ZigObject

elf: fix r_offset when emitting relocs for the linker

elf: claim unresolved dangling symbols as undef externs when emitting object

elf: emit STT_SECTION symbols

elf: make sure we never emit .got.zig relocs when linking object files

elf: fix properly updating .got.zig section

elf: write out contents of .rela sections

elf: improve Symbol to handle emitting relocatable object files

elf: update .rela section sizes; skip .got.zig when emitting object

elf: emit .rela shdrs for output sections

elf: emit valid section headers table when building an object file

elf: remove now obsolete allocateNonAllocSection helper

elf: rename .rodata to .data.rel.ro and remove allocateAllocSection helper

elf: remove now obsolete allocateSegment helper

elf: generate invalid object file but with almost correct header

elf: implement --gc-sections for non-LLVM Zig source

elf: redo strings management in the linker

zstandard: fix incorrect RLE decompression into ring buffer

frontend: rip out Decl dependencies

Sema: use correct error bit length when emitting error_set_has_value safety checks

std.Atomic: remove unnecessary `@ptrCast` (#17825)

dont assume apple chips are macos exclusive

start.zig: Replace kernel32 usage with ntdll

mingw-w64: add shcore def files

start: Make wWinMain nCmdShow setting match Windows better

Merge pull request #17819 from Luukdegram/wasm-bitcast-fix

print_zir: fix crash in writeRestoreErrRetIndex

std.os.windows: remove unnecessary `@ptrCast` (#17816)

CI: disable MSVC C backend checks

Fix regressing #17290 from #17734

std.http: account for renames in docs

Use ArenaAllocator.reset in MemoryPool

Merge pull request #17802 from jacobly0/read-write-int

std.fs: remove unnecessary `@ptrCast` (#17805)

Merge pull request #17797 from squeek502/utf16-ascii-fast-path

Merge pull request #17791 from ziglang/elf-object

std/Thread: remove unnecessary `@ptrCast` (#17766)

Add compile error test case for union layout depending on pointer alignment

sema: when guessing union alignment, save the result and check if the guess was correct

sema: Add union alignment resolution

langref: clarify struct memory layout

autodoc: Some support for field_call (#16853)

Fix http.Headers.initList

Merge pull request #17773 from ziglang/elf-exports

Fix hasRuntimeBitsAdvanced lazy case for pointers and optionals

Merge pull request #17759 from jacobly0/x86_64

std.os.windows additions and fixes

std: delete psapi, gdi32, and winmm

Merge pull request #17727 from ziglang/elf-memory-deferred

delete std.os.windows.user32

Merge pull request #17762 from ziglang/zir-index-type-safety

frontend: make Decl.zir_decl_index typed

compiler_rt/emutls: remove unnecessary `@ptrCast` (#17755)

Sema: do not assume switch item indices align with union field indices

Merge pull request #17747 from ziglang/organize-behavior-tests

Doc: elaborate on Slice section

Merge pull request #17735 from ziglang/export-anon

std.json: Parse -0 as a float instead of an integer (#17729)

Update slice_sentinel comment

Update comment on while

Merge pull request #17716 from jacobly0/x86_64

GenericReader error set fixes

Merge pull request #17734 from joadnacer/iouring-update

std.http.Client: add proxy scheme guessing, fix typo

std.target: bump some OS max versions

Step.Options: `@typeName` gives a fully qualified name so the test needs to reflect that

Merge pull request #17690

Merge pull request #17699 from ziglang/elf-better-alloc

Merge pull request #17706 from ziglang/elf-error-tests

Update comment on for_range in Ast

Update comment on Tag value assign_mod in Ast.zig

std.Uri: prevent crash with strange authority section

Merge pull request #17691 from mlugg/no-interned-runtime-value

add Fetch support for short compressed tar ext

elf: improve parsing of ld scripts and actually test linking against them

build.zig.zon.md: remove duplicate word

Merge pull request #17666 from jacobly0/x86_64-unicode

Merge pull request #17688 from ziglang/comptime-src

Merge pull request #17687

Merge pull request #17686 from ziglang/elf-non-nixos

dwarf: add missing struct_type sentinel - make DWARF data valid again!

Revert "Revert "Merge pull request #17657 from Snektron/spirv-recursive-ptrs""

std.zig.system.NativeTargetInfo: fix glibc version parsing