Reading (Partial Strings) into char[]

[raddy]

If we've got a struct:

struct A
{
    int  x;
    char buf[12];
};

And we've got some JSON: std::string buffer = R"({"x":"999", "some_string": "SHORT_STRING_NAME"})";

Is there a way to read directly into the struct's buf? (I guess writing that which fits + null term)

[stephenberry]

You should be able to read into a std::string_view, so I think the following would work: std::string_view buf = "xxxxxxxxxxxx";
But, I think we should allow support for this use case. I'll add an issue.

[stephenberry]

Feature was added.