[Issue 2121] New: std.conv.to doesn't know about std.encoding

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Thu May 22 05:24:25 PDT 2008


http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2121

           Summary: std.conv.to doesn't know about std.encoding
           Product: D
           Version: 2.013
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: caron800 at googlemail.com


The following does not work

    import std.conv;
    import std.encoding;

    string s = "hello world";
    AsciiString t = to!(AsciiString)(s);

However, it is perfectly possible to do the transoding by using std.encoding
functions alone.

    import std.encoding;

    string s = "hello world";
    AsciiString t;
    transcode(s,t);

Please fix std.conv.to so that it recognises AsciiString, Latin1String and
Windows1252String, and can transcode between all string types.


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