Curl wrapper

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Tue, 17 May 2011 20:43:11 +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 5/17/11 12:39 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 May 2011 17:45:00 +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/17/11 12:23 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 17 May 2011 07:43:06 +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 3. Data on wire is ubyte[], not void[].
>>>>
>>>> I was the one who suggested using void[]. If data on wire is ubyte[],
>>>> why is data on disk void[] (according to std.file.read/write)?
>>>
>>> Bug in std.file.
>>
>> I remember suggesting a long time ago that all types that do not have
>> pointers be implicitly convertible to ubyte[]. That way, write functions
>> can safely use ubyte[] without casts (and even provide a bit of safety
>> against accidentally writing pointers to disk or network). Are you still
>> against the idea?
>
> Yes. The problem is that converting a type implicitly to ubyte[] allows  
> anyone to write raw bytes into an object, making a hash of any type  
> system guarantees without a cast in sight. That is, granted, memory-safe  
> (because there are no indirections), but is not recommendable.

Ah, of course.

const(ubyte)[] ? :)

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  Vladimir                            mailto:vladimir at thecybershadow.net