https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19264

          Issue ID: 19264
           Summary: byCodeUnit should compare with strings
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Mac OS X
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: phobos
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: schveiguy@yahoo.com

In order for byCodeUnit to be a near drop-in replacement for strings, it would be nice to have them compare directly with strings.

This means, I would expect this to work:

assert("hello".byCodeUnit == "hello");

This probably means adding opEquals overloads for everything, which also means adding toHash overloads.

I'd say just comparing to the base type should be sufficient, no need for transcoding for comparison.

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