• Jonathan (6/6) Feb 27 2018 Is it possible to cast a 2d static length array to a 1d static
• Jonathan (5/11) Feb 27 2018 *( [pos,size].ptr .cst!(void*) .cst!(int[4]*) )
• TheFlyingFiddle (3/16) Feb 27 2018 This should work

Jonathan <JonathanILevi gmail.com> writes:

Is it possible to cast a 2d static length array to a 1d static 
length array?

E.g.
int[2][2] a = [[1,2],[3,4]];
int[4]    b = cast(int[4])a;

Is not the byte data in memory exactly the same?

Jonathan <JonathanILevi gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 27 February 2018 at 22:13:05 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
 Is it possible to cast a 2d static length array to a 1d static 
 length array?

 E.g.
 int[2][2] a = [[1,2],[3,4]];
 int[4]    b = cast(int[4])a;

 Is not the byte data in memory exactly the same?

*( [pos,size].ptr .cst!(void*) .cst!(int[4]*) )
(using dub `cst` library) or
*( cast(int[4]*)(cast(void*)([pos,size].ptr)) )

Okay, this works but is this the best way?!

TheFlyingFiddle <none none.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 27 February 2018 at 22:17:25 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
 On Tuesday, 27 February 2018 at 22:13:05 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
 Is it possible to cast a 2d static length array to a 1d static 
 length array?

 E.g.
 int[2][2] a = [[1,2],[3,4]];
 int[4]    b = cast(int[4])a;

 Is not the byte data in memory exactly the same?

 *( [pos,size].ptr .cst!(void*) .cst!(int[4]*) )
 (using dub `cst` library) or
 *( cast(int[4]*)(cast(void*)([pos,size].ptr)) )

 Okay, this works but is this the best way?!

This should work
int[4] b = *(cast(int[4]*)a.ptr);