Use multi-pointers when appropriate

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/core/mem/mem.odin b/core/mem/mem.odin
index 4c6d33a00..fddb1dd72 100644
--- a/core/mem/mem.odin
+++ b/core/mem/mem.odin
@@ -135,16 +135,15 @@ ptr_sub :: proc(a, b: $P/^$T) -> int {
 }
 
 slice_ptr :: proc(ptr: ^$T, len: int) -> []T {
-	assert(len >= 0);
-	return transmute([]T)Raw_Slice{data = ptr, len = len};
+	return ([^]T)(ptr)[:len];
 }
 
 byte_slice :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (data: rawptr, len: int) -> []byte {
-	return transmute([]u8)Raw_Slice{data=data, len=max(len, 0)};
+	return ([^]u8)(data)[:max(len, 0)];
 }
 @(deprecated="use byte_slice")
 slice_ptr_to_bytes :: proc(data: rawptr, len: int) -> []byte {
-	return transmute([]u8)Raw_Slice{data=data, len=max(len, 0)};
+	return ([^]u8)(data)[:max(len, 0)];
 }