On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 05:14:15PM +0200, ref2401 wrote: > general question: > -std.file,
std.file is badly named. It really deals with the _filesystem_, that is, pathnames, etc.. It doesn't deal with individual files. > -std.stdio.File, Use this. > -std.stream.File This will soon be deprecated, don't use it. > which of the existing approaches i have to choose when working with > files? what shall i look at? > > for example, i have a binary file. i want to read the first byte, > process it and then read the following N bytes (N calculation based > on the first byte value), process this chunk and then read the file > to the end. Use std.stdio.File.rawRead and pass in a byte[] parameter. T -- People tell me that I'm skeptical, but I don't believe it.
