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authorAndrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com>2017-04-07 15:34:13 -0400
committerAndrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com>2017-04-07 15:35:38 -0400
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ability to implicitly cast integer literal to &const Int
where Int is an integer type also introduce `@intToPtr` builtin for converting a usize to a pointer. users now have to use this instead of `(&T)(int)`. closes #311
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### @ptrcast(comptime DestType: type, value: var) -> DestType
Converts a pointer of one type to a pointer of another type.
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+### @intToPtr(comptime DestType: type, int: usize) -> DestType
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+Converts an integer to a pointer. To convert the other way, use `usize(ptr)`.