[Issue 8384] std.conv.to should allow conversion between any pair of string/wstring/dstring/char*/wchar*/dchar*

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--- Comment #14 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow at gmail.com> 2012-08-15 14:01:42 PDT ---
First of all, you are conflating ignorance between the two string types with my
arguments. Users who are aware that D has its own way of handling strings are
still open to making frustrating mistakes.

Second, getting unexpected output is not a good way to teach people about this.
Hence my earlier proposal to make writeln/format REJECT char pointer types, on
the basis that the user's intention is ambiguous (I don't think so personally,
but obviously that's just my opinion).

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