Yes, please.

> On 8 Dec 2019, at 20:48, Marcel Timmerman <mt1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Elizabeth,
> 
> Shall I file a bug report then?
> 
>> I hoped that:
>> 
>>   $ 6 'use NativeCall; dd my CArray[uint8] $ba .= new( 255, 254, 3, 4); dd 
>> $ba[0..*-1]'
>>   CArray[uint8] $ba = NativeCall::Types::CArray[uint8].new
>>   (-1, -2, 3, 4).Seq
>> 
>> would be a solution (usint "uint8" rather than "byte"), but alas, no, so 
>> this feels like a bug
>> 
>>> On 8 Dec 2019, at 20:01, Marcel Timmerman <mt1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I have a nasty problem using native call interface. I get an array of bytes 
>>> from a call representing a pixel buffer. I am storing it in a CArray[byte]. 
>>> Golfing it down it comes to the following (REPL)
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> use NativeCall
>>>> my CArray[byte] $ba .= new( 255, 254, 3, 4);
>>> NativeCall::Types::CArray[byte].new
>>>> $ba[0].WHAT
>>> (Int)
>>>> $ba[0..*-1]
>>> (-1 -2 3 4)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This means (for me) that there is an implicit type conversion from unsigned 
>>> to signed integer and it is not possible to use positive numbers only, 
>>> afterwards.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Marcel

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