First Draft: cast(ref T)... as shorthand for *cast(T*)&...

[Paul Backus]

On Monday, 20 January 2025 at 22:55:29 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/19/2025 9:33 AM, Paul Backus wrote:
>> Why not just add a simple `reinterpretCast!T` helper function 
>> to Phobos or druntime?
>
> Great question.
>
> `reinterpretcast!T` is just ugly. I never liked it in C++. 
> `cast(ref T)`, on the other hand, looks nice.

Would you be open to using a helper function if it had a shorter, 
less ugly name?