reinterpret array

[Dominikus Dittes Scherkl via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 18:25:38 UTC, ketmar via 
Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:09:31 +0000
> Dominikus Dittes Scherkl via Digitalmars-d-learn
> <digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
>>     /// interpret an array of one type as an array of a 
>> different type.
> may i point you to this?
>
>   import std.stdio;
>
>   void main () {
>     ubyte[] a = [42,0,0,0, 155,2,0,0];
>     auto b = cast(uint[])a;
>     writeln(b); // "[42, 667]"
>   }

I see. So this function is completely superfluous :-/
Good to know.

So if I have a function that allowes to do this:

uint a;
a.bit[16] = true;
writeln(a); // 65536

Is it also already available?
Because I somewhat hate it that with D I can create great stuff, 
but it is not necessary because D already has something much 
cooler...