@safe containers with std.experimental.allocator

[ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 21 January 2017 at 02:47:49 UTC, bitwise wrote:
> When std.experimental.allocator was created, I was under the 
> impression it was meant to be used to make containers. But 
> since allocate() returns void[], casts are required before 
> using that memory, which is unsafe.
>
> Is my only option to wrap the casts in an @trusted helper 
> function? or am I missing something?
>
>  Thanks

There's no need for casts. You can just use the high-level 
wrappers:
http://dlang.org/phobos-prerelease/std_experimental_allocator#.make

http://dlang.org/phobos-prerelease/std_experimental_allocator#.makeArray

http://dlang.org/phobos-prerelease/std_experimental_allocator#.dispose

http://dlang.org/phobos-prerelease/std_experimental_allocator#.makeMultidimensionalArray

http://dlang.org/phobos-prerelease/std_experimental_allocator#.disposeMultidimensionalArray