https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19004

          Issue ID: 19004
           Summary: Allow passing a string literal to an extern(C)
                    variadic parameter
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: nick@geany.org

A string literal usually implicitly converts to a const(char)*. This is not considered when passing one to an extern(C) variadic parameter - due to the literal being interpreted as a slice, which is disallowed. The string should be implicitly cast to a pointer, as string literals are always \0-terminated. This is handy for C string compatibility, e.g. for formatting arguments:

dmd/toobj.d:
f.error("must be `extern(C)` for `pragma(%s)`",
    isCtor ? "crt_constructor".ptr : "crt_destructor".ptr);

The `.ptr` property should not be necessary.

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