On 15 July 2013 16:22, Don Clugston <dclugston@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 15 July 2013 11:46, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>> But for floor and ceil, at least one of the following must be
>> available in CTFE to allow setting bits.
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>> ----
>> // Cannot convert &real to ushort* at compile time
>> real y = x;
>> ushort* sh = cast(ushort*)&y;
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> Yeah. The problem with this, is that what happens if somebody stores the
> pointer? It introduces loads of special cases.
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> The most minimal solution would be to explicitly allow:
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> ushort e = *(cast ushort *)&y;
> *(cast ushort *)&y = e;
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Hmm, how about static arrays of the same size?  This is safer because
of copy semantics (e is a copy of y).

ushort[8] e = *cast(ushort[8]*)&y;
y = *cast(real *)&e;