comptime { const in: []const comptime_int = &.{0}; const out: []const type = @ptrCast(in); _ = out; } const One = u8; const Two = [2]u8; const Three = [3]u8; const Four = [4]u8; const Five = [5]u8; // []One -> []Two (small to big, divides neatly) comptime { const in: []const One = &.{ 1, 0, 0 }; const out: []const Two = @ptrCast(in); _ = out; } comptime { const in: *const [3]One = &.{ 1, 0, 0 }; const out: []const Two = @ptrCast(in); _ = out; } // []Four -> []Five (small to big, does not divide) comptime { const in: []const Four = &.{.{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }}; const out: []const Five = @ptrCast(in); _ = out; } comptime { const in: *const [1]Four = &.{.{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }}; const out: []const Five = @ptrCast(in); _ = out; } // []Three -> []Two (big to small, does not divide) comptime { const in: []const Three = &.{.{ 0, 0, 0 }}; const out: []const Two = @ptrCast(in); _ = out; } comptime { const in: *const [1]Three = &.{.{ 0, 0, 0 }}; const out: []const Two = @ptrCast(in); _ = out; } // error // // :3:31: error: cannot infer length of comptime-only '[]const type' from incompatible '[]const comptime_int' // :16:30: error: slice length '3' does not divide exactly into destination elements // :21:30: error: type '[3]u8' does not divide exactly into destination elements // :28:31: error: slice length '1' does not divide exactly into destination elements // :33:31: error: type '[1][4]u8' does not divide exactly into destination elements // :40:30: error: slice length '1' does not divide exactly into destination elements // :45:30: error: type '[1][3]u8' does not divide exactly into destination elements