Challenge: write a reference counted slice that works as much as possible like a built-in slice

[RazvanN]

On Tuesday, 21 December 2021 at 05:01:54 UTC, Tejas wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 December 2021 at 08:27:25 UTC, RazvanN wrote:
>> [...]
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> Sorry for the late reply.
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> What is this trick that bypasses destructors?

That was a typo. What I meant was: "There is an easy way to bypass
construction but ...". (What I'm referring to is void 
initialization)

When I realized, I submitted another forum post but you probably 
missed it.
>
> Also, I've always heard bad things about Unions, saying how 
> they encourage bad practices like type punning. Is using this 
> Union trick really recommended?