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This, unfortunately, is somewhat unsatisfying, as it cannot obviate all need for `.pointee`. In particular, it cannot satisfy the case when the pointee needs to be modified in some fashion. (i.e. `inout`)
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…thus driving home the reason I always argued this should be spelled |
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IMO this should be the empty subscript so it works with lvalues, or nothing at all with the rationale that [] only saves one character over [0], and then we should decide that [0] is OK.
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This, unfortunately, is somewhat unsatisfying, as it cannot obviate
all need for
.pointee. In particular, it cannot satisfy the casewhen the pointee needs to be modified in some fashion. (i.e.
inout)