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| author | Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com> | 2017-03-31 06:18:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com> | 2017-03-31 06:18:20 -0400 |
| commit | f8e63c458478022813a67bfd5ee64bfad6eee82e (patch) | |
| tree | 52952d63618068cbe76ee1175623e7f9e2976de2 /doc/langref.md | |
| parent | 3ca027ca8219dbdbb6467645944c4daada037f51 (diff) | |
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change `@bitcast` to `@ptrcast`
See #290
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diff --git a/doc/langref.md b/doc/langref.md index 529191bf26..991471c015 100644 --- a/doc/langref.md +++ b/doc/langref.md @@ -634,9 +634,6 @@ calls the public `panic` function exposed in the root source file, or if there is not one specified, invokes the one provided in `std/special/panic.zig`. -### @bitcast(comptime DestType: type, value: var) -> DestType +### @ptrcast(comptime DestType: type, value: var) -> DestType -Transmutes memory from one type to another without changing any bits. -The source and destination types must have the same size. This function -can be used to, for example, reinterpret a pointer, or convert a `f32` to a -`u32`. +Converts a pointer of one type to a pointer of another type. |