From 7b44e8986fa0a8121993ab328b129789127a13bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Lugg <mlugg@mlugg.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:01:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Sema: remove `void{}` from the language

Because this syntax is not heavily used, and the migration can be done
with a simple text substitution, I do not believe a `zig fmt` fixup is
necessary for this change.

Resolves: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/15213
---
 src/Sema.zig                                       | 1 -
 test/cases/compile_errors/bad_void_initializer.zig | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 test/cases/compile_errors/bad_void_initializer.zig

diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index 467a321df86d73e85aee04fe74833eb3e26e3dd7..f5bbbe4b4112681946d151d1b64e2a6d92ffc48e 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -18339,7 +18339,6 @@ fn zirStructInitEmpty(sema: *Sema, block: *Block, inst: Zir.Inst.Index) CompileE
     switch (obj_ty.zigTypeTag(zcu)) {
         .@"struct" => return sema.structInitEmpty(block, obj_ty, src, src),
         .array, .vector => return sema.arrayInitEmpty(block, src, obj_ty),
-        .void => return Air.internedToRef(Value.void.toIntern()),
         .@"union" => return sema.fail(block, src, "union initializer must initialize one field", .{}),
         else => return sema.failWithArrayInitNotSupported(block, src, obj_ty),
     }
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/bad_void_initializer.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/bad_void_initializer.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..822e57e2e005e263e6957358876f772ca78bd329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/compile_errors/bad_void_initializer.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+comptime {
+    _ = void{};
+}
+
+// error
+//
+// :2:13: error: type 'void' does not support array initialization syntax
-- 
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