DWARF output, type of char[]?

[Cristian Vlasceanu]

BCS wrote:
> Cristian Vlasceanu wrote:
>> BCS Wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Reply to Cristian,
>>>
>>>
>>>> What is the DWARF type of char[], as output by the DMD backend?
>>>
>>> The expression that gets the content of a char[] as something gdb can 
>>> read is several inches long.
>>>
>>
>> I am not sure that I understand this? Is there is a way of 
>> transforming the unsigned long long into something meaningful?
>>
> 
> yes
> 
> given T[] arr;
> 
> the contents are:  *(cast(T*)(cast(void*)(&arr)[1])
> the length is:  *cast(size_t*)(&arr)
> 
> and that's if I remember correctly. It's ugly and messy and a total pain 
> in the whatever. But it works.
> 
> However if an array of type T[] were to claim to be
> 
> struct
> {
>     T* ptr;
>     size_t length;
> }
> 
> or something close to that, then you could access it almost as normal.
> 

I do not know enough D, but is there "unsigned long long" an otherwise 
legal D type? Because if (as I supsect) it isn't, and it can be 
unequivocally determined that it stands for  a char[] whenever the 
translation unit's language is D, I could easily make it work in Zero. 
Out of the box.