Why isn't the array lenght property an lvalue?

[MrSmith]

On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 19:58:21 UTC, Jeroen Bollen wrote:
> On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 19:56:38 UTC, MrSmith wrote:
>> On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 19:23:45 UTC, Jeroen Bollen wrote:
>>> On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 19:13:31 UTC, Jeroen Bollen wrote:
>>>> When I have myarray.length, why isn't that considered an 
>>>> lvalue, and as a result, why cannot I get a pointer to it?
>>>>
>>>> It seems kinda dumb, I understand it cannot be changed 
>>>> manually, but surely you should be able to get a 
>>>> const(type)* from it?
>>>
>>> Well type would be ulong, so const(ulong)*
>>
>> Array length is size_t which is uint on x86 and ulong on 
>> x86_64.
>
> Alright, but why can't you get a pointer to it?

I've tried, but no luck here
http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/be526902ef4f