C++ std::string_view equivalent in D?

[Smaehtin]

On Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at 09:21:58 UTC, 0xFFFFFFFF wrote:
> What is the equivalent of C++17 std::string_view (an object 
> that can refer to a constant contiguous sequence of char-like 
> objects with the first element of the sequence at position 
> zero) in D?
>
> PS: I'm getting back to D after years (since DMD 1 days). A lot 
> changes since v1.0.

Perhaps you are looking for slices: 
https://dlang.org/spec/arrays.html#slicing?