(git HEAD) std.datetime spewing deprecation messages

[monarch_dodra via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 5 June 2014 at 08:49:18 UTC, Jonathan M Davis via 
Digitalmars-d
>     long days;
>     int seconds;
>     short msecs;
>     d.split!("days", "seconds", "msecs")(&days, &seconds, 
> &msecs);

Please don't use pass-by-pointer in D APIs. It makes it a real 
*nightmare* to ever use the code in a safe context. Besides, we 
have ref. The only arguments "for" pass by pointer afaik are:
- retain existing/C api (1)
- allow null pointers   (2)

(1) is not applicable, I think.
(2) would only make sense if split did not have a template 
parameter, and took "all" arguments, and only filled the non-null 
ones.

So, please make these pass by ref.