Passing string literals to C

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On Wednesday, 31 December 2014 at 12:25:45 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> String literals can implicitly convert to const(char)* or 
> immutable(char)*. Neat. It doesn't appear to apply to array 
> literals in general though...

I believe this is a special case specifically for strings added 
for convenience when interfacing with C. Walter has said that he 
is strongly against arrays decaying to points a la C, and D 
generally does not support it save for this special case.