On Saturday 25 September 2010 19:46:37 Robert Jacques wrote: > On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:17:58 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This has come up in http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1482. > > Should std.file.read() return void[] or ubyte[]? There's one matter with > > assuming that void[] may contain pointers (which is not the case for > > something read from a file), so possibly ubyte[] is a more accurate type > > for describng raw bytes. > > > > What are the pros and cons of returning void[] vs. ubyte[]? > > > > > > Andrei > > Pro: > Well, the very first thing I always do with std.file.read is to cast the > data to the type I'm working with. So: > > auto data = cast(float[])read("my_data.raw"); > > vs. > > auto data = cast(float[])(cast(void[])read("my_data.raw")); > > Having read return ubyte would mean adding an extra cast in several use > cases
Why would you need two casts? I would expect that one would suffice without the need to cast to void[] in between. - Jonathan M Davis _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
