From 13953fe93aae0c8105846dba09ed8cc1ec148d0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan Denny <hello@nektro.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:35:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] RingBuffer: modernize the decls

---
 src/RingBuffer.zig | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/RingBuffer.zig b/src/RingBuffer.zig
index 1e1f414903ea4e3624ce96ba8fa9298582ee6ee5..d643014afb7348e1c35c83d766af13194ea20a1f 100644
--- a/src/RingBuffer.zig
+++ b/src/RingBuffer.zig
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ const extras = @import("./lib.zig");
 
 pub fn RingBuffer(comptime T: type, comptime capacity: usize) type {
     return struct {
-        items: [capacity]T = undefined,
-        len: usize = 0,
+        items: [capacity]T,
+        len: usize,
         comptime capacity: usize = capacity,
 
         const Self = @This();
 
+        pub const empty: Self = .{
+            .items = undefined,
+            .len = 0,
+        };
+
         pub fn append(self: *Self, new_item: T) void {
             if (self.len == self.capacity) {
                 for (1..self.len) |i| self.items[i - 1] = self.items[i];
@@ -18,6 +23,14 @@ pub fn RingBuffer(comptime T: type, comptime capacity: usize) type {
             self.items[self.len] = new_item;
             self.len += 1;
         }
+
+        pub fn slice(self: *Self) []T {
+            return self.items[0..self.len];
+        }
+
+        pub fn rest(self: *Self) []T {
+            return self.items[self.len..];
+        }
     };
 }
 
-- 
2.54.0