another compiler bug?

[Aarti_pl]

Robert DaSilva pisze:
> Aarti_pl wrote:
>> How to create pointer to class?
>>
>> Below doesn't compile:
>> ----
>> A* cp = new A*;
>> ----
>> Type of new A* is (A**) while it should be A*.
>>
>> Any comments? (Maybe I missed something...)
>>
>> PS. I know that it is possible to create pointer to class in two steps.
>>
>> BR
>> Marcin Kuszczak
>> (aarti_pl)
> 
> Because new returns a pointer to what you ask for. The reason new
> returns A when you ask it for A instead of *A like it would with
> anything else (anything not a class), is because A is actually a pointer
> to an instance of class A.
> 
> The true is this is probably the best behaver, maybe... This raise some
> important question, I think.

The problem here is that compiler does not return pointer to class 
reference as it should. That's why the line of code doesn't compile 
although it should.

I don't see why its not possible for compiler to behave correctly. Of 
course internally compiler should behave differently for classes than 
for other types. But this is just a consequence of decision that classes 
should be threated as value types in D.

BR
Marcin Kuszczak
(aarti_pl)