[Issue 17364] Difference between slicing a slice and a reference to a slice

[via Digitalmars-d-bugs]

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17364

--- Comment #2 from kinke at gmx.net ---
> For example you can't resolve length before loading the array.

Not sure what you mean by 'loading the array'. The base expression evaluates to
a slice, a pointer+length pair, in these 2 cases either to a variable directly
or a reference to it, i.e., in both cases an lvalue representing a slice in
memory. Length/pointer may then be loaded independently from the slice in
memory, but *when* the loads happen is clearly crucial and currently
inconistent.

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