byte* and int length -> byte[]

[Mafi]

Am 15.08.2011 19:16, schrieb mimocrocodil:
> I obtain immutable(byte)* and int where contained length of bytes block from C library.
>
> Can I convert this into byte[] without explict copying etc.
>
> Something like:
>
> byte* p; // bytes
> int size; // size of bytes block
>
> byte[] b;
> b.length = size;
> b.ptr = p;
>
> // now b contains bytes from library

Pointers support indexing (like C) but additionally also slicing so if 
you have a byte* b and a int/long/size_t (or similiar) len then
b[0.. len]
is a slice starting b conatining len elements of type typeof(*b)[].