Pointer arithmetic

Kyle Furlong kylefurlong at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 13:57:34 PDT 2007


Frits van Bommel wrote:
> Michal wrote:
>> Hi, Im new to D language, and Im wondering if there is pointer 
>> arithmetic. I think its very useful thing, sometimes more convenient 
>> than [].
> 
> Pointer arithmetic works, but (obviously) only when you're actually 
> using pointers.
> However between class references, real array types and ref (aka 
> inout)/out parameters, raw pointer usage in D programs is typically very 
> low (and is normally discouraged unless there's no other way).

That being said, D can be used as a better C. (no preprocessor, modules, 
etc.)



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