std.Stream.InputStream convenience functions

[bitwise via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 10:12:39 UTC, BBasile wrote:
> On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 04:48:56 UTC, bitwise wrote:
>> On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 03:42:20 UTC, BBasile wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> auto rng = StreamRange!(MemoryStream,long)(instance);
>>> auto rng = StreamRange!(FileStream,float)(instance);
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Actually I have nothing against your helper functions (except 
>>> that they don't make Streams compatible with std.algorithm 
>>> functions).
>>
>> Same problem... StreamRange(...) assumes that all data in the 
>> stream is of the same type.
>>
>>   -Bit
>
> So Ranges are...

So tell me how you expect to read a stream containing mixed data 
types...