Getting a u8 slice (`[]u8`) from a string?

[unreal dew]

I want to fix this error, basically:

src/cpu.zig:436:24: error: expected type '[]u8', found '*const [10:0]u8'
    const name: []u8 = "lda (71),Y";
                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~

[strong burrow]

if you need to mutate the string afterwards you need a place for it to live, since slices are pointers and dont hold data. easiest way is just doing this:

var name_arr = “lda (71),Y”.*;
const name: []u8 = &name_arr;

if you dont need it to be mutable, then you can just make this change name: []u8 => name: []const u8

the error is about trying to get a mutable pointer from a const pointer

[unreal dew]

const name: [] const u8 is this valid zig tho?

Yeah doesn't seem to be

src/cpu.zig:436:17: error: expected type expression, found 'const'
    const name: const []u8 = "lda (71),Y";
                ^~~~~

[strong burrow]

yes, const before the variable name means it cant be reassigned and the const after the [] means the contents cant be changed

[unreal dew]

Oh nevermind

I miread your message

my bad

[strong burrow]

np, its the same as *const T

[unreal dew]

gotcha, thanks!

I didn't know one could do "foo".*

[strong burrow]

its like a shortcut for turning the string literal pointer to an array on the stack

since its just a pointer