I want to convert SomeChar[] or SomeChar* into PerhapsAnotherCharNullTerminated*, but std.conv doesn't work like this.
char[] a = "ao";
to!(wchar*)(a); // fails

toUTF16z converts char[] to wchar*
toStringz converts char[] to char*

Am I missing function(s), or do I have to combine them myself?

On Tuesday 02 August 2011 12:02:07 simendsjo wrote:
> I want to convert SomeChar[] or SomeChar* into
> PerhapsAnotherCharNullTerminated*, but std.conv doesn't work like this.
> char[] a = "ao";
> to!(wchar*)(a); // fails
> 
> toUTF16z converts char[] to wchar*
> toStringz converts char[] to char*
> 
> Am I missing function(s), or do I have to combine them myself?

The github version has std.utf.toUTFz, but it obviously won't be in an actual release until the next release.

- Jonathan M Davis

On 02.08.2011 12:07, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> The github version has std.utf.toUTFz

Thanks, I'll try that.
What about the other way around? * to []?

On Tuesday 02 August 2011 12:15:00 simendsjo wrote:
> On 02.08.2011 12:07, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > The github version has std.utf.toUTFz
> 
> Thanks, I'll try that.
> What about the other way around? * to []?

I believe that it'll work with char* to string with std.conv.to, but I think that's it at the moment. Ideally, std.conv.to would do the conversions in both directions for all string types, but it doesn't do that yet.

- Jonathan M Davis

On 02.08.2011 12:27, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 August 2011 12:15:00 simendsjo wrote:
>> On 02.08.2011 12:07, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>>> The github version has std.utf.toUTFz
>>
>> Thanks, I'll try that.
>> What about the other way around? * to []?
>
> I believe that it'll work with char* to string with std.conv.to, but I think
> that's it at the moment. Ideally, std.conv.to would do the conversions in both
> directions for all string types, but it doesn't do that yet.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

toUTFz worked great. It's good to see how phobos are just doing-the-right-thing most of the time.
Are * to [] planned for the next release?

On Tuesday 02 August 2011 13:46:54 simendsjo wrote:
> On 02.08.2011 12:27, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 August 2011 12:15:00 simendsjo wrote:
> >> On 02.08.2011 12:07, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> >>> The github version has std.utf.toUTFz
> >> 
> >> Thanks, I'll try that.
> >> What about the other way around? * to []?
> > 
> > I believe that it'll work with char* to string with std.conv.to, but I think that's it at the moment. Ideally, std.conv.to would do the conversions in both directions for all string types, but it doesn't do that yet.
> > 
> > - Jonathan M Davis
> 
> toUTFz worked great. It's good to see how phobos are just
> doing-the-right-thing most of the time.
> Are * to [] planned for the next release?

Maybe. Hopefully. It's on the todo list. I don't know when it'll get done. It's on my todo list assuming that no one else gets to it first, but depending on when the next release is and how fast I am at getting to it (and how hard it is to implement - I ran into serious issues the last time that I tried to mess with std.conv.to), it may or may not be in by the next release.

- Jonathan M Davis