[Issue 21277] New: TypeInfo.initializer() is the wrong abstraction, should be TypeInfo.initialize(void*)

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

          Issue ID: 21277
           Summary: TypeInfo.initializer() is the wrong abstraction,
                    should be TypeInfo.initialize(void*)
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nob...@puremagic.com
          Reporter: and...@erdani.com

Currently:

https://dlang.org/library/object/type_info.initializer.html

This assumes every object is initialized by memcpying an array onto it. This
makes it impossible to optimize initialization of objects with "= void" fields.

The right abstraction is a method:

void initialize(void* address);

which creates a properly initialized object at address. That allows optimal
initialization of objects with = void fields and may also save memory for all
those static initializer arrays.

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