On Tuesday, 13 July 2021 at 15:14:26 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 7/13/21 4:12 AM, wjoe wrote: > ```D > byte x = some_val; > long y = some_val; > > x ^^= y; // Error: cannot implicitly convert expression > pow(cast(long)cast(int)x, y) of type long to byte[...] > I rewrote it to something like > ```D > mixin("x = cast(typeof(x))(x" ~ op[0..$-1] ~ " y);"); > ``` > but I'm curious if there's a less convoluted way. If it's important, std.conv.to checks the value: import std.conv; void main() { byte x = 2; long y = 6; x = (x ^^ y).to!(typeof(x)); } For example, run-time error if y == 7. Ali
I was planning on adding support for over-/underflow bits but this is much better. Thanks!
