On Monday, 20 January 2025 at 23:11:46 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: > On 1/20/2025 2:07 AM, Juraj wrote: >> We now have local `ref`, and that makes this syntax a >> cognitive burden. > > Think of `cast(ref int)f` as "refer to `f` as if it were an > `int`" and it will make perfect sense. Why not `cast(*ref int)f`?