slice conversion operators

include/cow/slice.hpp

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ namespace _cow_util {
 		inline T& operator*() { return (*this)[0]; }
 		inline const T& operator*() const { return (*this)[0]; }
 
+		inline operator const T*() const { return &(*this)[0]; }
+		inline operator T*() { return &(*this)[0]; }
 
 		template<typename U>
 		inline U* area_as() requires(sizeof(T) % sizeof(U) == 0) { return (U*)area(); }
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ namespace _cow_util {
 
 		struct Slice;
 
+		inline operator Slice() { return Slice(ptr(), size()); }
+		inline operator const Slice() const { return Slice(const_cast<T*>(ptr()), size()); }
+
 		inline bool bounds_ok(size_t start) const
 		{
 			return start < size();
@@ -101,8 +106,7 @@ namespace _cow_util {
 		inline const void* area() const override { return _area; }
 		inline void* area() override { return _area; }
 		inline size_t size() const override { return _size; }
-
-		
+	
 		private:
 		void* const _area;
 		const size_t _size;

src/test/main.cpp

@@ -4,14 +4,8 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 
-#include <array>
+using namespace _cow_util;
 
-int main()
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
 template<typename T = unsigned char>
 void print_slice(Slice<T> memory)
 {
@@ -40,8 +34,10 @@ void moving_cow(Cow moved)
 int main()
 {
 	Cow real(4096);
+	memset(real, 0, real.size_bytes());
 
 	printf("Created real: ");
+	print_slice(real);
 	print_slice(real.slice_wrap(-20, -10));
 
 	write_fake(real, "Hello world");
@@ -63,4 +59,4 @@ int main()
 	read_fake(clone); //clone still functions because of refcount on origin.
 
 	return 0;
-}*/
+}