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diff --git a/lib/std/mem.zig b/lib/std/mem.zig
index 71de42aad7..5ca7faf90b 100644
--- a/lib/std/mem.zig
+++ b/lib/std/mem.zig
@@ -309,9 +309,7 @@ pub fn zeroes(comptime T: type) T {
if (comptime meta.containerLayout(T) == .Extern) {
// The C language specification states that (global) unions
// should be zero initialized to the first named member.
- var item: T = undefined;
- @field(item, info.fields[0].name) = zeroes(@TypeOf(@field(item, info.fields[0].name)));
- return item;
+ return @unionInit(T, info.fields[0].name, zeroes(info.fields[0].field_type));
}
@compileError("Can't set a " ++ @typeName(T) ++ " to zero.");
@@ -417,6 +415,9 @@ test "mem.zeroes" {
var c = zeroes(C_union);
try testing.expectEqual(@as(u8, 0), c.a);
+
+ comptime var comptime_union = zeroes(C_union);
+ try testing.expectEqual(@as(u8, 0), comptime_union.a);
}
/// Initializes all fields of the struct with their default value, or zero values if no default value is present.