builtin: add voidptr.vbytes(len) and byteptr.vbytes(len)

vlib/builtin/array.v

@@ -720,3 +720,21 @@ pub fn (a array) pointers() []voidptr {
 	}
 	return res
 }
+
+// voidptr.vbytes() - makes a V []byte structure from a C style memory buffer. NB: the data is reused, NOT copied!
+[unsafe]
+pub fn (data voidptr) vbytes(len int) []byte {
+	res := array{
+		element_size: 1
+		data: data
+		len: len
+		cap: len
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+// byteptr.vbytes() - makes a V []byte structure from a C style memory buffer. NB: the data is reused, NOT copied!
+[unsafe]
+pub fn (data byteptr) vbytes(len int) []byte {
+	return unsafe {voidptr(data).vbytes(len)}
+}

vlib/builtin/array_test.v

@@ -1058,3 +1058,37 @@ fn test_multidimensional_array_initialization_with_consts() {
 	assert data[0][0][0] == cell_value
 	assert data[1][1][1] == cell_value
 }
+
+fn test_byteptr_vbytes() {
+	unsafe {
+		bp := malloc(5)
+		bp[0] = 1
+		bp[1] = 2
+		bp[2] = 3
+		bp[3] = 4
+		bp[4] = 255
+		bytes := bp.vbytes(5)
+		println(bytes)
+		assert bytes.len == 5
+		assert bytes[0] == 1
+		assert bytes[1] == 2
+		assert bytes[2] == 3
+		assert bytes[3] == 4
+		assert bytes[4] == 255
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_voidptr_vbytes() {
+	unsafe {
+		bp := malloc(3)
+		bp[0] = 4
+		bp[1] = 5
+		bp[2] = 6
+		bytes := voidptr(bp).vbytes(3)
+		assert bytes.len == 3
+		assert bytes[0] == 4
+		assert bytes[1] == 5
+		assert bytes[2] == 6
+		println(bytes)
+	}
+}