Sending a struct over TCP

[SirErugor]

Hi there,

I've set up a server and a client application and I want to be able to send a struct with fx. an integer and a char[]. So first I convert it to a ubyte[] like this:

..
void write(T)(T input)
{
    buf ~= *(cast(ubyte[T.sizeof]*)&input)[0 .. T.sizeof];
}

Then I send the ubyte[] over through TCP via a SocketStream. On the client-side I read and convert the ubyte[] back to the struct:

uint len = ss.read(buffer);
auto mem = new mem_stream(buffer[0 .. len]);
data d = mem.read!(data);
writefln("[id:%d] len=%d, data=%s (%d)", d.id, len, d.content, d.content.sizeof);

Which outputs:    [id:100] len=12, data= (8)

The read function:
..
int pos = 0;
..
T read(T)()
{
     T output = *(cast(T*)(buf[pos .. pos + T.sizeof].ptr));
     pos += T.sizeof;
     return output;
}

The Integer got sent perfectly (and i does the same with additional ulongs etc.) but the char[] did not, though, it is still the same size.

So why can't I send the char[]? is it because it is a array of pointers to the address-space of the server?

Thank you in advance :)

(Btw. My files are also attatched)
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