convert char[4] to uint at compile time

[Moritz Warning]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:54:11 +0000, BCS wrote:

> Reply to Moritz,
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have problems to convert a char[4] to an uint at compile time. All
>> variations (I've tried) of using an enum crashes dmd:
>> 
>> union pp { char[4] str; uint num; }
>> const uint x = pp("abcd").num
>> This does also doesn't work:
>> 
>> const uint x = cast(uint) x"aa aa aa aa";
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> 
> 
> template Go (char[4] arg)
> {
>     const uint Go = (arg[0] << 24) | (arg[1] << 16) | (arg[2] << 8) |
>     arg[3];
> }
> 
> import std.stdio;
> void main()
> {
>    writef("%x\n", Go!("Good"));
> }

Thanks!
That workaround should do it.

Maybe it will be possible to just do cast(uint) "abcd" in the future. :>