understanding std.algorithm.mutation.fill behaivor.

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On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 08:10:41 UTC, Nemanja Boric 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 December 2016 at 05:09:34 UTC, LeqxLeqx wrote:
>> Perhaps this is a stupid question, and I apologize if it is, 
>> but why doesn't this compile:
>>
>>   import std.algorithm;
>>   import std.stdio;
>>   void main()
>>   {
>> 	  char[] array = [1, 2, 3, 4];
>> 	  char value = 2;
>> 	  fill(array, value);
>>   }
>>
>> if this does:
>>
>>   import std.algorithm;
>>   import std.stdio;
>>   void main()
>>   {
>> 	  int[] array = [1, 2, 3, 4];
>> 	  int value = 2;
>> 	  fill(array, value);
>>   }
>>
>> when the only difference is the type, and the 'fill' method is 
>> meant to be generic?
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>
> So I don't repeat excellent answer: 
> http://stackoverflow.com/a/6401889/133707

So in short, unlike in C/C++ world, you should only use char to 
store actual text, not data as would be common in C/C++. byte & 
ubyte are for that.