Is there an abstraction planned for primitive types?

Something that would allow to write generic interfaces like

   TypeToUnistring(type t) {
      TypeInfo *pti=t.info;
      char buf[40];
      int n=(*pti.toMem)(&t,buf);
      return MemRetUnistring(buf,n);
   }

or

   void ArrayRandomize(type [] ar) {
      ....
      algorithm using swap from typeinfo
      ....
   }

?

--
Helmut Leitner    leitner@hls.via.at Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

The t.info should work now.

"Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner@chello.at> wrote in message news:3EA3B257.6974D98D@chello.at...
> Is there an abstraction planned for primitive types?
>
> Something that would allow to write generic interfaces like
>
>    TypeToUnistring(type t) {
>       TypeInfo *pti=t.info;
>       char buf[40];
>       int n=(*pti.toMem)(&t,buf);
>       return MemRetUnistring(buf,n);
>    }
>
> or
>
>    void ArrayRandomize(type [] ar) {
>       ....
>       algorithm using swap from typeinfo
>       ....
>    }
>
> ?
>
> --
> Helmut Leitner    leitner@hls.via.at
> Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

Walter wrote:
> 
> The t.info should work now.

What means "now"? In the next version DMD 0.62?

> "Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner@chello.at> wrote in message news:3EA3B257.6974D98D@chello.at...
> > Is there an abstraction planned for primitive types?
> >
> > Something that would allow to write generic interfaces like
> >
> >    TypeToUnistring(type t) {
> >       TypeInfo *pti=t.info;
> >       char buf[40];
> >       int n=(*pti.toMem)(&t,buf);
> >       return MemRetUnistring(buf,n);
> >    }
> >
> > or
> >
> >    void ArrayRandomize(type [] ar) {
> >       ....
> >       algorithm using swap from typeinfo
> >       ....
> >    }
> >
> > ?
> >
> > --
> > Helmut Leitner    leitner@hls.via.at
> > Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

--
Helmut Leitner    leitner@hls.via.at Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

"Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner@chello.at> wrote in message news:3EA8443F.165D429E@chello.at...
>
>
> Walter wrote:
> >
> > The t.info should work now.
>
> What means "now"? In the next version DMD 0.62?

Yes, unless I goofed it up <g>.