const std = @import("std"); const expect = std.testing.expect; // You can assign constant pointers to arrays to a slice with // const modifier on the element type. Useful in particular for // String literals. test "*const [N]T to []const T" { const x1: []const u8 = "hello"; const x2: []const u8 = &[5]u8{ 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 111 }; try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, x1, x2)); const y: []const f32 = &[2]f32{ 1.2, 3.4 }; try expect(y[0] == 1.2); } // Likewise, it works when the destination type is an error union. test "*const [N]T to E![]const T" { const x1: anyerror![]const u8 = "hello"; const x2: anyerror![]const u8 = &[5]u8{ 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 111 }; try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, try x1, try x2)); const y: anyerror![]const f32 = &[2]f32{ 1.2, 3.4 }; try expect((try y)[0] == 1.2); } // Likewise, it works when the destination type is an optional. test "*const [N]T to ?[]const T" { const x1: ?[]const u8 = "hello"; const x2: ?[]const u8 = &[5]u8{ 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 111 }; try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, x1.?, x2.?)); const y: ?[]const f32 = &[2]f32{ 1.2, 3.4 }; try expect(y.?[0] == 1.2); } // In this cast, the array length becomes the slice length. test "*[N]T to []T" { var buf: [5]u8 = "hello".*; const x: []u8 = &buf; try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, x, "hello")); const buf2 = [2]f32{ 1.2, 3.4 }; const x2: []const f32 = &buf2; try expect(std.mem.eql(f32, x2, &[2]f32{ 1.2, 3.4 })); } // Single-item pointers to arrays can be coerced to many-item pointers. test "*[N]T to [*]T" { var buf: [5]u8 = "hello".*; const x: [*]u8 = &buf; try expect(x[4] == 'o'); // x[5] would be an uncaught out of bounds pointer dereference! } // Likewise, it works when the destination type is an optional. test "*[N]T to ?[*]T" { var buf: [5]u8 = "hello".*; const x: ?[*]u8 = &buf; try expect(x.?[4] == 'o'); } // Single-item pointers can be cast to len-1 single-item arrays. test "*T to *[1]T" { var x: i32 = 1234; const y: *[1]i32 = &x; const z: [*]i32 = y; try expect(z[0] == 1234); } // test