/** This module contains compiler support for casting dynamic arrays Copyright: Copyright Digital Mars 2000 - 2019. License: Distributed under the $(LINK2 http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt, Boost Software License 1.0). (See accompanying file LICENSE) Source: $(DRUNTIMESRC core/internal/_array/_casting.d) */ module core.internal.array.casting; /** Used by `__ArrayCast` to emit a descriptive error message. It is a template so it can be used by `__ArrayCast` in -betterC builds. It is separate from `__ArrayCast` to minimize code bloat. Params: fromType = name of the type being cast from fromSize = total size in bytes of the array being cast from fromLength = length of array being cast from toType = name of the type being cast to toElemSize = element size of array being cast to */ private void onArrayCastError()(string fromType, size_t fromSize, size_t fromLength, string toType, size_t toElemSize) @trusted { import core.internal.string : unsignedToTempString; import core.memory : pureMalloc; // convert discontiguous `msgComponents` to contiguous string on the C heap enum msgLength = 2048; // note: never freed! char* msg = cast(char *)pureMalloc(msgLength); size_t index = 0; void add(const(char)[] m) { import core.stdc.string : memcpy; auto N = msgLength - 1 - index; if (N > m.length) N = m.length; // prevent superfluous and betterC-unfriendly checks via direct memcpy memcpy(msg + index, m.ptr, N); index += N; } add("`"); add(fromType); add("[]` of length "); auto s = unsignedToTempString(fromLength); add(s[]); add(" cannot be cast to `"); add(toType); add("[]` as its length in bytes ("); s = unsignedToTempString(fromSize); add(s[]); add(") is not a multiple of `"); add(toType); add(".sizeof` ("); s = unsignedToTempString(toElemSize); add(s[]); add(")."); msg[index] = '\0'; // null-termination // first argument must evaluate to `false` at compile-time to maintain memory safety in release builds assert(false, msg[0 .. index]); } /** The compiler lowers expressions of `cast(TTo[])TFrom[]` to this implementation. Note that this does not detect alignment problems. Params: from = the array to reinterpret-cast Returns: `from` reinterpreted as `TTo[]` */ TTo[] __ArrayCast(TFrom, TTo)(return scope TFrom[] from) @nogc pure @trusted { const fromSize = from.length * TFrom.sizeof; const toLength = fromSize / TTo.sizeof; if ((fromSize % TTo.sizeof) != 0) { onArrayCastError(TFrom.stringof, fromSize, from.length, TTo.stringof, TTo.sizeof); } struct Array { size_t length; void* ptr; } auto a = cast(Array*)&from; a.length = toLength; // jam new length return *cast(TTo[]*)a; } @safe @nogc pure nothrow unittest { byte[int.sizeof * 3] b = cast(byte) 0xab; int[] i; short[] s; i = __ArrayCast!(byte, int)(b); assert(i.length == 3); foreach (v; i) assert(v == cast(int) 0xabab_abab); s = __ArrayCast!(byte, short)(b); assert(s.length == 6); foreach (v; s) assert(v == cast(short) 0xabab); s = __ArrayCast!(int, short)(i); assert(s.length == 6); foreach (v; s) assert(v == cast(short) 0xabab); } @system nothrow unittest { string msg; try { auto str = "hello"; auto wstr = cast(wstring) str; } catch (Throwable t) msg = t.msg; static immutable expected = "`immutable(char)[]` of length 5 cannot be cast to `immutable(wchar)[]` as " ~ "its length in bytes (5) is not a multiple of `immutable(wchar).sizeof` (2)."; if (msg != expected) { import core.stdc.stdio; printf("Expected: |%.*s|\n", cast(int) expected.length, expected.ptr); printf("Actual : |%.*s|\n", cast(int) msg.length, msg.ptr); assert(false); } }