In this case the specific limitation getting in the way is that you cannot pass...

...just be allowed to be returned when parameters are not inout. The equivalent would just...

Yeah, dealing with inout in templated code is surprisingly annoying. There are cases where it...

I see you reported it. Thank you.
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id...

...1227): Error: variable `std.conv.value` -
only parameters or stack-based variables can be `inout...

Yes, this is a bug. Because of the weird restrictions on `inout`, it's very...

...E) e)
{
    //writeln(e.to!string); // only parameters or stack-based variables can be `inout...

...some C APIs. GLib uses const void* parameters (aliased as gconstpointer) here: https://docs.gtk...

...void* would render the const on the parameters of such a function pointless.

And while...

Well, aliasing between `ref` parameters is an expected thing that can occur. Backends and users...