From 06366839aa6fc10491e66fc64944e3579d15d593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nik <werwolv98@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:13:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] includes/std: Added std::ByteSizedArray

---
 includes/std/array.pat | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/includes/std/array.pat b/includes/std/array.pat
index 517baa9..c4fa350 100644
--- a/includes/std/array.pat
+++ b/includes/std/array.pat
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <std/sys.pat>
+
 /*!
     The array library contains a helper type to make it easier to create multi-dimensional arrays
     and pass arrays to functions as parameters.
@@ -10,10 +12,30 @@ namespace std {
     /**
         Simple one dimensional array wrapper
         @tparam T The array types
-        @tparam Size Size of the array
+        @tparam Size Number of entries in the array
     */
     struct Array<T, auto Size> {
         T data[Size] [[inline]];
-    };
+    } [[format("std::impl::format_array")]];
+
+    /**
+        Simple array wrapper for an array with a size in bytes
+        @tparam T The array types
+        @tparam NumBytes Number of bytes the array contains
+    */
+    struct ByteSizedArray<T, auto NumBytes> {
+        u64 startAddress = $;
+        T array[while($ - startAddress < NumBytes)] [[inline]];
+        
+        std::assert($ - startAddress == NumBytes, "Not enough bytes available to fit a whole number of types");
+    } [[format("std::impl::format_array")]];
+
+    namespace impl {
+
+        fn format_array(ref auto array) {
+            return "[ ... ]";
+        };
+
+    }
 
 }