D pointers

[Thiago Macieira]

Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>> Besides that it probably doesn't hurt for integers and other primitive
>> types, but if you have more complex types you still waste constructor
>> and destructor time on them even if they're unused.
>
>They could be replaced with simple types of the same size.

You forgot:
"and the same padding and alignment constraints in all platforms"

So, no, don't try that for complex types.

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