http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4772

           Summary: DMD allows "dereferencing" arrays as if it were a
                    pointer to first element
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: 2korden@gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Koroskin Denis <2korden@gmail.com> 2010-08-31 04:32:44 PDT ---
import std.stdio;
void main()
{
    string foo = "foo";
    int[] bar = [ 42 ];

    writeln(*foo, *bar); // prints "f42"
}

I don't think this is intended and should be disallowed.

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--- Comment #1 from bearophile_hugs@eml.cc 2010-08-31 10:31:28 PDT ---
See bug 3990

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--- Comment #2 from yebblies <yebblies@gmail.com> 2012-01-29 22:37:16 EST ---
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 3990 ***

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