Why isn't the array lenght property an lvalue?

[Jeroen Bollen]

On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 20:12:48 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:13:30 +0000, Jeroen Bollen wrote:
>
>> When I have myarray.length, why isn't that considered an 
>> lvalue,
>> and as a result, why cannot I get a pointer to it?
>> 
>> It seems kinda dumb, I understand it cannot be changed 
>> manually,
>> but surely you should be able to get a const(type)* from it?
>
> I believe `length` is implemented as a property function, 
> though I can't
> find the source for the life of me.

Then you still should be able to get a pointer of the result. I 
was also considering it to be a @property function, as indeed 
that'd explain this behaviour, but it still doesn't make sense to 
not allow it. After all, length is just a variable.