I'm sure I'm making this more difficult than it needs to be.
I'm trying to convert an integer to a dchar. The solution below
works but seems like overkill.
dstring dstrValue = to!dstring(5);
dchar dcharValue = to!dchar(dstrValue);
... this,
dchar dcharValue = to!dchar(5);
... writes out '\x005' ..or something close to that.