C++ std::string_view equivalent in D?

[rikki cattermole]

On 21/02/2018 10:17 AM, 0xFFFFFFFF wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Wow! Thanks guys.
> Those are handy, but I specifically want to do something like:
> 
> ```
> string_view sv = "some string";
> ```

string sv = "some string";
assert(sv.length == 11);

Or just "some string".length ;)