On Wednesday, 29 March 2023 at 15:01:27 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 3/29/23 04:48, Dennis wrote:
On the other hand, Phobos's put() works with any OutputRange so
it has to take a 'ref' to advance to know where it is left off.
This behavior makes its use with slices weird but sometimes
such is life. :)
Would not adding a prototype without a ref cause ambiguity? In
this way, it could also be used directly with slices. For example:
```d
auto put(R)(R[] range, R[] source)
=> putImpl(range, source);
auto put(R)(ref R[] range, R[] source)
=> putImpl(range, source);
void putImpl(R)(ref R[] range, R[] source)
{
assert(source.length <= range.length);
foreach(element; source)
{
range[0] = element; // range.front()
range = range[1..$]; // range.popFront()
}
}
void main() {
enum data = [1, 0, 0, 4];
auto arr = data;
auto slice = arr[1..$-1];
slice.put([2]);
assert(arr == [1, 2, 0, 4]);
slice.put([3]);
assert(arr == [1, 2, 3, 4]);
arr[1..$-1].put([0, 0]);
assert(arr == data);
}
```
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