.ptr and .value

[bearophile]

Robert Clipsham:

> .ptr is only available for arrays.

And arr.ptr returns the pointer to the start of the memory that contains the array data. While &arr is the pointer to the struct that contains the pointer and the length.


> As for .value and .deref, these won't be implemented, you'll 
> have to live with & and * if you want to use pointers. Note that if 
> you're using pointers you should be comfortable with them, if you're not 
> it's probably best to avoid them. In fact, D makes it easy to do so!

On the other hand I think the Pascal pointer syntax is better :-)

Bye,
bearophile