ubyte[4] to int

[ketmar]

Nicholas Wilson wrote:

> On Thursday, 15 February 2018 at 16:51:05 UTC, Kyle wrote:
>> Hi. Is there a convenient way to convert a ubyte[4] into a signed int? 
>> I'm having trouble handling the static arrays returned by 
>> std.bitmanip.nativeToLittleEndian. Is there some magic sauce to make the 
>> static arrays into input ranges or something? As a side note, I'm used 
>> to using D on Linux and DMD's error messages on Windows are comparably 
>> terrible. Thanks!
>
> you mean you want to convert the bitpattern represented by the uint[4] to 
> an int?
>
> You want a reinterpret style case
>
> ubyte[4] foo = ...;
> int baz = *cast(int*)&foo;

better to use `&foo[0]`, this way it will work with slices too.