Operator overloading, constructors, destructors, exceptions, etc. This page [0] is good for comparing Zig to other languages. And this [1] is a nice overview of the language.

One reason I think "no hidden control flow" is used so much when talking about Zig, is because Zig wants code to be easy to read, including understanding what is happening behind the scenes. Zig also has no hidden allocations (a function call will not allocate unless given an allocator) which fits this model.

[0]: https://ziglang.org/learn/why_zig_rust_d_cpp/ [1]: https://ziglang.org/learn/overview/