The Case For Autodecode

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/3/16 3:12 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On 6/3/16 3:09 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>
>> Hm... an interesting possiblity:
>>
>> dchar _dchar_convert(char c)
>> {
>>    return cast(int)cast(byte)c; // get sign extension for non-ASCII
>> }
>
> Allows this too:
>
> dchar d = char.init; // calls conversion function
> assert(d == dchar.init);

Hm... actually doesn't work. dchar.init is 0x0000ffff

-Steve