generic cast(unshared) ?

[tcak via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 28 June 2015 at 23:42:47 UTC, Timothee Cour wrote:
> How would I cast away shared for a given expression?
> I can write it for a specific type but I'd like to have a 
> generic way to do
> so.
> Also, Unqual doesn't help here.

Normally, "cast()" removes "shared" from a type. BUT, sometimes 
it doesn't work for me, and forces me to type the type of 
variable again.