The few times I used it were for trimming a buffer to some length for display purposes.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2011, at 5:41 AM, Walter Bright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sean Kelly wrote: >> >> I need to do this from time to time, but I generally just do something like: >> >> buf[0 .. buf.toUCSindex(n)] >> >> A shorthand might be nice though, I suppose. >> >> > > Somewhat surprisingly, such a function is rarely needed (I've never needed it > in working with UTF8) > and so I don't think a special syntax for it is justified. > _______________________________________________ > phobos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
