1577700 - Add a function for obtaining a Span of char from a Span of uint8_t

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: MFBT, enhancement)

Description

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen) (away from Bugzilla until 2025-10-27)]

Bytes in C++ are a mess, and very often there's a need to cast between char and uint8_t. We have AsBytes that views any Span as a Span of uint8_t. Let's add AsChars that takes a Span of uint8_t and returns a Span of char.

Comment 1

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen) (away from Bugzilla until 2025-10-27)]

Attachment: Bug 1577700 - Add a function for obtaining a Span of char from a Span of uint8_t.

Comment 2

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen) (away from Bugzilla until 2025-10-27)]

Attachment: Bug 1577700 - Add a function for obtaining a Span of char from a Span of uint8_t.

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/fe25291a6919
Add a function for obtaining a Span of char from a Span of uint8_t. r=froydnj

Comment 4

[Andreea Pavel [:apavel]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/fe25291a6919

Comment 5

[Bogdan Tara[:bogdan_tara | bogdant]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/fe25291a6919