Bug 16062 – Add 'clear' method to OutBuffer (std.outbuffer)

Enhancement request: Add an API to OutBuffer (std.outbuffer) to clear the data in an OutBuffer. The intent is to reuse the OutBuffer, but without reallocating the memory for the internally managed buffer. This would be similar to std.array.appender.clear method. It appear that this could be done by setting the 'offset' member of the OutBuffer to zero. If this works correctly, a clear API could be exposed that implements this. A forum thread on this topic: https://forum.dlang.org/thread/[email protected]

I absolutely agree that there should be a "standard D way" as for other range types See also this discussion on Github: https://github.com/dlang/phobos/pull/3362

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/dlang/phobos https://github.com/dlang/phobos/commit/09ab8e96e33e8a41b735928f38629536fba883b6 Fix Issue 16062 - Add 'clear' method to OutBuffer (std.outbuffer) https://github.com/dlang/phobos/commit/a1f274dca6da79d5cfed2382ec9cae867cf25a9c Merge pull request #5593 from RazvanN7/Issue_16062 Fix Issue 16062 - Add 'clear' method to OutBuffer (std.outbuffer) merged-on-behalf-of: Sebastian Wilzbach <[email protected]>

Commits pushed to stable at https://github.com/dlang/phobos https://github.com/dlang/phobos/commit/09ab8e96e33e8a41b735928f38629536fba883b6 Fix Issue 16062 - Add 'clear' method to OutBuffer (std.outbuffer) https://github.com/dlang/phobos/commit/a1f274dca6da79d5cfed2382ec9cae867cf25a9c Merge pull request #5593 from RazvanN7/Issue_16062

Commits pushed to dmd-cxx at https://github.com/dlang/phobos https://github.com/dlang/phobos/commit/09ab8e96e33e8a41b735928f38629536fba883b6 Fix Issue 16062 - Add 'clear' method to OutBuffer (std.outbuffer) https://github.com/dlang/phobos/commit/a1f274dca6da79d5cfed2382ec9cae867cf25a9c Merge pull request #5593 from RazvanN7/Issue_16062