The Case Against Autodecode

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 02.06.2016 15:09, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
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>> You can change string literals to be something other than arrays, and
>> then we have a path forward. But as long as char[] is not an array, we
>> have lost the battle of sanity.
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> Yeah, it's a miracle the language stays glued eh.
> ...

It's not a language problem. Just avoid Phobos.

> Your post is a prime example that this thread has lost the battle of
> sanity.

He is just saying that the fundamental reason why autodecoding is bad is 
that it denies that T[] is an array for any T.