From d26e98f247ae2057de65ec4f057d51bbb5a3aad6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:39:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix regression in databasedatum

---
 database.d | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/database.d b/database.d
index f7ea38d..1cd55df 100644
--- a/database.d
+++ b/database.d
@@ -174,9 +174,15 @@ struct DatabaseDatum {
 		return storage.toString();
 	}
 	/++
-		For compatibility with earlier versions of the api, all data can easily convert to string implicitly.
+		For compatibility with earlier versions of the api, all data can easily convert to string implicitly and opCast keeps to!x(this) working.
 	+/
 	alias toString this;
+
+	/// ditto
+	T opCast(T)() {
+		import std.conv;
+		return to!T(this.toString);
+	}
 }
 
 /++