Adding a read primitive to ranges

[Freddy via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 4 May 2015 at 00:07:27 UTC, Freddy wrote:
> Would it be a bad idea to add a read primitive to ranges for 
> streaming?
> ----
> struct ReadRange(T){
>     size_t read(T[] buffer);
>     //and | or
>     T[] read(size_t request);
>
>     /+ empty,front,popFront,etc +/
> }
> ----

Also if so, What about adding a default read for input ranges.
Something like
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typeof(range.front)[] read(R)(ref R range,size_t amount){
     auto data=new typeof(range.front)[amount];
     /+... read into data ...+/
     return data[0..actual_amount];
}
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