I feel the dynamic array .sizeof property is kind of a bait and switch

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 26 July 2017 at 02:24:06 UTC, WhatMeForget wrote:
> Static Arrays have property
> .sizeof which returns the array length multiplied by the number 
> of bytes per array element.
>
> Dynamic Arrays have property
> .sizeof which returns the size of the dynamic array reference, 
> which is 8 in 32-bit builds and 16 on 64-bit builds.

Both actually already do exactly the same thing: .sizeof returns 
the size of the variable. Same thing with pointers, class 
references, and everything else.

> I've hand rolled a function which is working for me currently, 
> but with my coding ability, I'd feel much safer with something 
> official :)

You could also do (cast(ubyte[]) array).length.

> It just seems like something this basic regarding dynamic 
> arrays should just be built-in.

What are you using it for?