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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 11779] New: pointer to slice is not an input range

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           Summary: pointer to slice is not an input range
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: monarchdodra gmail.com



As a rule thumb, when the type "S" is an input range, than so is "S*". Indeed,
all of "S's primitives" can also be called using a pointer, EG:
S* p;
p.popFront(); //OK!

This works for *all* input ranges... except for slices. This is because the
"slice range primitives" are actually non-member functions:
int[]* p;
p.popFront(); //DERP!
Error: template std.array.popFront does not match any function template
declaration

I think, to be consistent with the "emulate a member primitive", that the range
functions in std.array should also work on pointer to slice.

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parent d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:
https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11779


Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au gmail.com> changed:

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12:13:20 PST ---
I don't think this can work with random access ranges. Pointers already define
opIndex, so it can't be forwarded to pointee range.

I think the opposite of this request should be implemented: pointers should
specifically *not* be ranges, ever.

(as an aside, I dislike how D uses . for pointer member access instead of ->,
it's a massive hack in my opinion, and really unnecessary since pointers are
rarely used in D).

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