https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13429

          Issue ID: 13429
           Summary: icmp (and friends) should be @nogc
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: Phobos
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: turkeyman@gmail.com

icmp (and friends) should be @nogc. It is the most frequently occurring function blocking use of @nogc in my code.

Surely a string comparison doesn't need to allocate?

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