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

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 26 July 2017 at 16:27:57 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 July 2017 at 02:31:33 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>
>> With static arrays, the memory for the elements if part of the 
>> array itself, so it is counted in the size. For dynamic 
>> arrays, it is not. For .sizeof to report the size of the 
>> allocated memory would be incorrect.
>
> OK, Then I assume the critical thing is that dynamic arrays 
> memory is
> not part of the array itself.  But is this a deal breaker?

A deal breaker for what? For making sizeof return the amount of 
memory allocated? Yes. It's the same behavior in C and C++:

float verts[3];
assert(sizeof(verts) == (sizeof(float) * 3));

float *verts = malloc(sizeof(float)*3);
assert(sizeof(verts) == sizeof(void*));