Curl wrapper

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 5/17/11 12:39 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2011 17:45:00 +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 5/17/11 12:23 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 May 2011 07:43:06 +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 3. Data on wire is ubyte[], not void[].
>>>
>>> I was the one who suggested using void[]. If data on wire is ubyte[],
>>> why is data on disk void[] (according to std.file.read/write)?
>>
>> Bug in std.file.
>
> I remember suggesting a long time ago that all types that do not have
> pointers be implicitly convertible to ubyte[]. That way, write functions
> can safely use ubyte[] without casts (and even provide a bit of safety
> against accidentally writing pointers to disk or network). Are you still
> against the idea?

Yes. The problem is that converting a type implicitly to ubyte[] allows 
anyone to write raw bytes into an object, making a hash of any type 
system guarantees without a cast in sight. That is, granted, memory-safe 
(because there are no indirections), but is not recommendable.

Andrei