[Issue 15416] UFCS does not attempt to derefence (but should it?)

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15416

RazvanN <razvan.nitu1305 at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |razvan.nitu1305 at gmail.com
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from RazvanN <razvan.nitu1305 at gmail.com> ---
The pointer is automatically dereferenced only in the presence of the dot (.)
operator when a field is queried or a method is invoked. In this situation
(`d.foo`) neither of those situations is encountered. Therefore, UFCS is tried
and it seems that foo is called with argument d. As you have noticed this is
not a situation where D automatically dereferences.

Changing this behavior will lead to massive breakages and it doesn't seem to
buy us anything.

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