• Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d-learn (13/13) Sep 08 2016 What is the idiomatic way of having an array with a mix of int and
• Andrea Fontana (12/15) Sep 08 2016 Maybe https://dlang.org/phobos/std_variant.html#.Algebraic ?

Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d-learn <digitalmars-d-learn puremagic.com> writes:

What is the idiomatic way of having an array with a mix of int and
float data?

Is relying on automated conversion of int to float acceptable?

--=20
Russel.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D
Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200   voip: sip:russel.winder ekiga.n=
et
41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077   xmpp: russel winder.org.uk
London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk  skype: russel_winder

Andrea Fontana <nospam example.com> writes:

On Thursday, 8 September 2016 at 08:56:13 UTC, Russel Winder 
wrote:
 What is the idiomatic way of having an array with a mix of int 
 and float data?

Maybe https://dlang.org/phobos/std_variant.html#.Algebraic ?

 Is relying on automated conversion of int to float acceptable?

I don't think so:

import std.stdio;

void main()
{
	int i = 12345678;
	float f = i;
	writeln(f);
}

Andrea