Is it a good idea to add to std.collection.Array a method similar to:

    T[] unsafeRelease() pure nothrow {
        return this._data._payload;
    }


It's meant to be used as an unsafe hack to call some some functions that require a built-in array as input.

Bye,
bearophile

On Wednesday, 28 August 2013 at 00:45:48 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Is it a good idea to add to std.collection.Array a method similar to:
>
>     T[] unsafeRelease() pure nothrow {
>         return this._data._payload;
>     }
>
>
> It's meant to be used as an unsafe hack to call some some functions that require a built-in array as input.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

It could be useful. Although I currently wouldn't have any use cases in my projects.

It should return this._data._payload[0 .. length].