casting and arrays..

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Chris Warwick" <sp at m.me.not> wrote in message 
news:esvf5h$2317$1 at digitalmars.com...
> std.file.read(filename);
>
> returns type void[]
>
> And it it seems i can cast that to whatever type i like, int[], bool[], 
> ect.. anyway it compiles... but.. when casting between array types like 
> this are runtime checks made to make sure the block being cast has the 
> correct granularity..

Yes.

> if the return was void[7] will i get an runtime error casting it to int?

Yes.

void main()
{
    ubyte[] a = [cast(ubyte)1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
    int[] x = cast(int[])a;
}

That cast will give an "array cast misalignment" at run-time.