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| -rw-r--r-- | src/span.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/span.h b/src/span.h index 79f13c9203..4afb383a59 100644 --- a/src/span.h +++ b/src/span.h @@ -207,4 +207,16 @@ T& SpanPopBack(Span<T>& span) return back; } +// Helper functions to safely cast to unsigned char pointers. +inline unsigned char* UCharCast(char* c) { return (unsigned char*)c; } +inline unsigned char* UCharCast(unsigned char* c) { return c; } +inline const unsigned char* UCharCast(const char* c) { return (unsigned char*)c; } +inline const unsigned char* UCharCast(const unsigned char* c) { return c; } + +// Helper function to safely convert a Span to a Span<[const] unsigned char>. +template <typename T> constexpr auto UCharSpanCast(Span<T> s) -> Span<typename std::remove_pointer<decltype(UCharCast(s.data()))>::type> { return {UCharCast(s.data()), s.size()}; } + +/** Like MakeSpan, but for (const) unsigned char member types only. Only works for (un)signed char containers. */ +template <typename V> constexpr auto MakeUCharSpan(V&& v) -> decltype(UCharSpanCast(MakeSpan(std::forward<V>(v)))) { return UCharSpanCast(MakeSpan(std::forward<V>(v))); } + #endif |