Rename std.string.toStringz?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On 2011-06-20 12:20, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:15:36 -0400, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com>
> 
> wrote:
> > On 2011-06-20 10:43, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:23:22 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu
> >> 
> >> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
> >> > Technically you're right. Yet I think it's pretty widespread that a
> >> 
> >> sole
> >> 
> >> > char* means a zero-terminated string.
> >> 
> >> I think it's pretty widespread that you shouldn't be using
> >> zero-terminated
> >> strings ;)
> >> 
> >> But I suppose it makes sense that to can convert from a char[] to a char
> >> *, and if it does, it doesn't hurt to do the safest thing.  I think it
> >> should be discouraged, however, in favor of doing toUTFz which is more
> >> descriptive as a function name.
> > 
> > So, you're arguing that we should introduce toUTFz for converting
> > character
> > arrays to zero-terminated strings, and then have std.conv.to use it when
> > converting from character arrays to character pointers?
> 
> Exactly.  The reason for to calling it is because that is the safest
> option (albeit not completely safe).

Well, in general, we try and avoid having multiple ways to do the same thing 
like that, but in this case, it does seem to me like it's probably the way to 
go.

- Jonathan M Davis