On Saturday, 29 May 2021 at 21:01:14 UTC, JN wrote:
this code compiles. Why? What is even the result in "f" in this
case?
On Saturday, 29 May 2021 at 21:03:12 UTC, JN wrote:
fixed formatting:
```d
struct Foo
{
}
class Bar
{
}
void main()
{
Bar b = new Bar();
Foo* f = cast(Foo*)b;
}
```
You're writing @system code, so dangerous casts are allowed. It's
no surprise that the code compiles. If you want to be safeguarded
against such things, use @safe.
The result is a class object being reinterpreted as a struct
object. Usually, that's just nonsense. But it might be useful for
some expert who wants to tinker with the object's internals.
