rationale for opSlice, opSliceAssign, vs a..b being syntax suger for a Slice struct?

[Simen Kjærås]

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:19:54 +0200, Timothee Cour  
<thelastmammoth at gmail.com> wrote:

[Good Stuff™]

Like bearophile said, this has been discussed numerous times before. A DIP
really should be written. (Perhaps you would do the honors?)

Two previous posts on the topic:

http://forum.dlang.org/thread/grcb74$21i9$1@digitalmars.com
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/taniqzpktvorkupzpbhj@forum.dlang.org?page=2#post-op.wb8rr3rl0gpyof:40biotronic.lan

I'd love to see an improvement in this regard. The current design is...  
cumbersome.

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Simen