Dynamic arrays in D 1.0

[Edward Diener]

In D 1.0 dynamic arrays are the equivalent of C++'s std::vector<T>, with 
slicing replacing iterators in order to access some subrange of the 
sequence. In C++ there is functionality in std::vector::erase for 
erasing elements from the vector and std::vector::insert for inserting 
new elements into the vector. Where is that functionality in D's dynamic 
arrays ?

Furthermore in D 1.0 a char[], a dynamic array of characters, is the 
equivalent of the C++ std::string. In the C++ std::string class there is 
a rich set of functionality for manipulating the char elements in the 
string, for finding particular elements in the string, and for comparing 
the character elements in strings with other strings, but I see little 
of this in dynamic array functionality. What am I missing ?

I am guessing this must be provided in D libraries of functions ( Phobos 
? Tango ? ) templated on the dynamic array type. But, if so, this seems 
a poor way of providing dynamic array functionality as compared to 
built-in dynamic array functionality in order to provide the sort of 
functionality mentioned above, especially as D's dynamic arrays are part 
of the D language as opposed to a separate library like C++'s 
std::vector<T> and std::string.