• Dan (6/6) Jul 07 2007 A feature that would be quite convienient is the ability to initialize a
• torhu (5/10) Jul 07 2007 Have you tried using an import expression? I think it does exactly what...

"Dan" <opendtv yahoo.com> writes:

A feature that would be quite convienient is the ability to initialize a
static array or struct from a binary file. Good for things like lookup
tables and graphics data. Portability is no problem; just document the
binary format as being x86 style (e.g. little endian), no matter what the
hardware.

Dan

torhu <fake address.dude> writes:

Dan wrote:
 A feature that would be quite convienient is the ability to initialize a
 static array or struct from a binary file. Good for things like lookup
 tables and graphics data. Portability is no problem; just document the
 binary format as being x86 style (e.g. little endian), no matter what the
 hardware.

Have you tried using an import expression?  I think it does exactly what 
you're asking for.

ubyte[] data = cast(ubyte[])import("stuff.dat");

compile with the -J parameter ('-J.').