Why 16Mib static array size limit?

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On 8/16/16 7:23 PM, Charles Hixson via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 08/16/2016 01:49 PM, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On 8/16/16 4:11 PM, Yuxuan Shui wrote:
>>> Wait, doesn't D have strict aliasing rules? ubyte* (&evil) should not be
>>> allowed to alias with ubyte** (&arr.ptr).
>>
>> Even if it did, I believe the wildcard is ubyte*. Just like in C,
>> char* can point at anything, ubyte is D's equivalent.
>>
> I think what you say is true (look at the code of std.outbuffer), but
> IIRC the documentation says that's supposed to be the job of void*.

void * is almost useless. In D you can assign a void[] from another 
void[], but other than that, there's no way to write the memory or read it.

In C, void * is also allowed to alias any other pointer. But char * is 
also allowed to provide arbitrary byte reading/writing.

I'd expect that D also would provide a similar option.

-Steve