Binary data-structure serialization

[bearophile]

Andrei Alexandrescu:
> To ensure the destructor is called, I guess we need this:
> 
> @system struct StackAllocated(T)
> {
>      private ubyte buffer[__traits(classInstanceSize, T)] = void;
>      @property T payload() { return cast(T) buffer.ptr; }
>      alias payload this;
>      @disable this(); // meh
>      @disable this(this);
>      this(Args...)(auto ref Args args)
>      {
>          emplace!T(buffer.ptr, buffer.length);
>      }
>      ~this()
>      {
>          clear(payload);
>      }
> }

Is this useful?

static if (__traits(hasMember, T, "__dtor")) {
     ~this() {
         clear(payload);
     }
}

Bye,
bearophile