What if D would require * for reference types?

[Denis Koroskin]

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:08:57 +0300, Trass3r <un at known.com> wrote:

>> How is that confusing to people with a C background?
>>
>
> Foo* foo = new Foo;
>
> would make people think foo is a pointer to an instance of Foo, not a  
> reference.

What's the difference?

> Furthermore it would be inconsistent with normal pointers (int*, ...)

Why is in inconsistent?