Will D ever get a reference type?

[Nick Sabalausky]

You know you can just dereference the pointer like (12 + *x * 2), right? (Sorry if you already did). Or are you saying you don't like needing to dereference it like that?

Bill Baxter Wrote:

> Will D ever get a reference type?
> 
> I don't think pointers are really sufficient.
> The handy 'foo.bar' == '(*foo).bar' attribute access is nice, but it 
> doesn't allow you to really manipulate values and pointers to values 
> interchangeably.
> 
> For instance, if I have an int pointer, x,  I can't do  (12 + x * 2) and 
>   get integer math.  I get pointer math (if not an error).
> 
> --bb