Explicit conversion needed to go from array to pointer??

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Henrik Harmsen wrote:
> Leandro Lucarella Wrote:
> 
>> Henrik Harmsen escribió:
>>> I'm looking at the D reference manual in the "arrays" section. It says under "usage":
>>>
>>> int* p;
>>> int[3] s;
>>>
>>> p = s;		// p points to the first element of the array s.
>>>
>>> But when I try this I get:
>>> "cannot implicitly convert expression (s) of type int[3] to int*."
>>>
>>> Why? Is the manual wrong or the compiler or what am I missing?
>> The manual is wrong, this was deprecated not too long ago.
>>
>> -- 
>> Leandro Lucarella
>> Integratech S.A.
>> 4571-5252
> 
> 
> Oh..
> 
> Deprecated in what way? Made illegal or obsolete or..?
> 
> Can I use an explicit cast? Will it work?
> 
> Like this:
> p = cast(int*)s;		// p points to the first element of the array s.
> ?
> 
> -- Henrik
> 
The best way I can find is to:
p = &s[0];

Or as others have said, just use the .ptr property.