Jarrett Billingsley:
> import std.file;
> int main(char[][] args)
> {
>     ubyte[] data = cast(ubyte[])std.file.read(args[0]);
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> Two things: one, std.file.read returns a void[], which is a bit like D's equivalent of a void*

I don't understand the design of that std.file.read(): why don't return a ubyte[] by default instead of a void[] (and cast it to everything else if you don't need ubytes)?

Bye,
bearophile

bearophile Wrote:

> Jarrett Billingsley:
> > import std.file;
> > int main(char[][] args)
> > {
> >     ubyte[] data = cast(ubyte[])std.file.read(args[0]);
> >     return 0;
> > }
> > 
> > Two things: one, std.file.read returns a void[], which is a bit like D's equivalent of a void*
> 
> I don't understand the design of that std.file.read(): why don't return a ubyte[] by default instead of a void[] (and cast it to everything else if you don't need ubytes)?
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile

1) It doesn't matter.  You're supposed to cast it anyways based on the type of data in the file.