From fb474251855f1ac34879d1b989a681ad71574998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mateusz Poliwczak <mpoliwczak34@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:06:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add unwrapped optional assignment tests

Zig supports:

foo.? = val

assignment, currently there are no much tests for them, so lets add few.
---
 test/behavior/optional.zig                       | 14 ++++++++++++++
 .../optional unwrap assign comptime.zig          |  9 +++++++++
 test/cases/safety/optional unwrap assign.zig     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/cases/compile_errors/optional unwrap assign comptime.zig
 create mode 100644 test/cases/safety/optional unwrap assign.zig

diff --git a/test/behavior/optional.zig b/test/behavior/optional.zig
index 7c70101c57..11bebf018f 100644
--- a/test/behavior/optional.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/optional.zig
@@ -304,6 +304,20 @@ test "self-referential struct through a slice of optional" {
     try expect(n.data == null);
 }
 
+test "assigning to an unwrapped optional" {
+    var foo: ?u8 = 10;
+    foo.? = 12;
+    try expect(foo.? == 12);
+}
+
+test "assigning to an unwrapped optional in comptime context" {
+    comptime {
+        var foo: ?u8 = 10;
+        foo.? = 12;
+        try expect(foo.? == 12);
+    }
+}
+
 test "assigning to an unwrapped optional field in an inline loop" {
     comptime var maybe_pos_arg: ?comptime_int = null;
     inline for ("ab") |x| {
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/optional unwrap assign comptime.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/optional unwrap assign comptime.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc5e0be12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/compile_errors/optional unwrap assign comptime.zig	
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pub fn main() !void {
+    comptime {
+        var foo: ?u8 = null;
+        foo.? = 10;
+    }
+}
+// error
+//
+// 4:12: error: unable to unwrap null
diff --git a/test/cases/safety/optional unwrap assign.zig b/test/cases/safety/optional unwrap assign.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba1d9b80c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/safety/optional unwrap assign.zig	
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn panic(message: []const u8, _: ?*std.builtin.StackTrace, _: ?usize) noreturn {
+    if (std.mem.eql(u8, message, "attempt to use null value")) {
+        std.process.exit(0);
+    }
+    std.process.exit(1);
+}
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var foo: ?u8 = null;
+    foo.? = 10; // should fail, since foo is null.
+    return error.TestFailed;
+}
+// run
+// backend=selfhosted,llvm
+// target=x86_64-linux