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* Add std.conv.bitCast This helper function is a more readable alternative to the traditional pointer-cast-based syntax for reinterpreting casts. The name bitCast is used for this operation in several other languages, including C++ [1], Swift [2], C# [3], Zig [4], and LLVM IR [5]. [1] https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/bit_cast [2] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/unsafebitcast(_:to:) [3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.runtime.compilerservices.unsafe.bitcast [4] https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.10.0/#bitCast [5] https://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#bitcast-to-instruction * Add changelog entry for std.conv.bitCast
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Added `std.conv.bitCast`
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This convenience function allows reinterpreting casts to be written in a more
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readable way.
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---
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uint n = 0xDEADBEEF;
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// Before
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writeln("Bytes of n are: ", *cast(const ubyte[4]*) &n);
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// After
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writeln("Bytes of n are: ", n.bitCast!(const ubyte[4]));
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---
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