# Karl Seguin - Everything Is a []U8 (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://www.openmymind.net/favicon.ico) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/56242966) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Karl Seguin]] **Full Title**:: Everything Is a []U8 **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.openmymind.net](https://www.openmymind.net/Everything-Is-A-u8-array/) **Host**:: [[www.openmymind.net]] **Highlighted**:: [[2025-11-14]] **Created**:: [[2025-11-15]] ## Highlights - In Zig, a structure declared as `extern` follows that specification. We can similarly declare a structure as `packed` which also has a well-defined memory layout (but just not necessarily the same as C's / `extern`). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ka0sgf1m1pqchm69dxfqv80b)) ^957301305