malloc(s)[0..s] vs cast(T)malloc(s)

[Ali Çehreli]

On 10/14/20 1:15 PM, Jack wrote:

 >> auto x = malloc(s)[0..s];

 > 
https://wiki.dlang.org/Memory_Management#Explicit_Class_Instance_Allocation

Note that 'x' is passed to emplace() at that link and emplace() requires 
a slice. That's why the a slice is made from the pointer returned by 
malloc().

Ali