associative arrays: how to insert key and return pointer in 1 step to avoid searching twice

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On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 at 04:32:52 UTC, Daniel Kozak wrote:
> Dne 6.9.2016 v 06:14 mogu via Digitalmars-d napsal(a):
>
>> On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 at 01:17:00 UTC, Timothee Cour 
>> wrote:
>>> is there a way to do this efficiently with associative arrays:
>>>
>>> aa[key]=value;
>>> auto ptr=key in aa;
>>>
>>> without suffering the cost of the 2nd search (compiler should 
>>> know ptr during aa[key]=value but it's not exposed it seems)
>>
>> auto pa = &(aa[key] = value);
>
> Yep, but this is a implementation detail, so be careful

:D then make a pull-request to the D test suite...

Bham! Its in the spec if its merged.