> Nick Sabalausky: > >> In D2, I can treat a uint as an array of ubytes by doing this: >> >> uint num = /+...whatever...+/; >> ubyte[] = cast(ubyte[4])num; >> >> How do I do that in D1? > > Using a union is probably the safest way: > > union Uint2Ubyte { > uint u; > ubyte[4] b; > } > > By the way, this of type conversions is a shady area in D. > > Bye, > bearophile
I think it is no so shady after all: I tested the following code in DMD 2.053: void main(){ uint a; ubyte[] b = cast(ubyte[4])a; } It gives the same error as in D1. Timon