Pointers - Is it safe to point to invalid memory?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 03:24:55PM +0000, Brother Bill via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
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> So a good D developer should not store an invalid pointer address into
> a pointer, with the single exception of storing a pointer address just
> past a slice or array.

Where does it say this in the spec?  Because this is wrong.

D arrays carry length with them; they do not rely on pointers pointing
past the allocated memory region.


T

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