Cannot cast void* to arrays..?
simendsjo
simendsjo at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 11:44:40 PST 2012
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:42:20 +0100, Justin Whear
<justin at economicmodeling.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:34:19 +0100, simendsjo wrote:
>
>> char[] a;
>> auto b = cast(void*)a;
>> auto c = cast(char[])b; // Error: e2ir: cannot cast b of type void*
>> to
>> type char[]
>
> Arrays have a length--you need to cast the pointer to a char*, then slice
> it.
Ah, of course, thanks.
But what about static arrays?
char[1] a;
//a.length = 10; // constant a.length is not an lvalue
auto b = cast(void*)a;
auto c = cast(char[1])b; // Error: e2ir: cannot cast b of type void*
to type char[1LU]
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