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On Friday, 27 May 2016 at 13:32:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/27/16 7:07 AM, Marc Schütz wrote:
>> On Thursday, 26 May 2016 at 16:11:22 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
>> wrote:
>>> RFC: what primitives should RCStr have?
>>
>> It should _safely_ convert to `const(char)[]`.
>
> That is not possible, sorry. -- Andrei

  I wonder if it could...

  For a while now I've wondered why there isn't an option to 
include flags to every type (for debugging)? The flags could 
relay a lot of information, like if a variable was originally 
immutable, const, shared, other? If it was originally allocated 
using the GC, malloc, C/C++/Other or stack. If it used a 
constructor, init, or not at all (= void)? Along with control 
options like where/when an assignment tries to happen, copies 
it's state (or it's variables with indirection), or printing an 
output each time it changes, etc.

  With the current state of things, I'll just take your word on it.