Generic functions to convert to void* and from void*

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Hello,

I'm trying to build function which have the hability to convert a type to  
void* and from void*.
I must use "ref" in the "toPtr" function because of this :
http://www.digitalmars.com/pnews/read.php?server=news.digitalmars.com&group=digitalmars.D.learn&artnum=15600
Do you think that what I done is correct ?


/* --------- CODE --------- */

/***
 * Convert a value to a void*
 * Params:
 *     val =
 * Returns:
 */
void* toPtr(T)(ref T val)
{
  void* p ;

  static if ( is( T b : Type ) )
  {
    p = new T ;
    p = &val ;
  }
  else
  {
    p = &val ;
  }

  return p ;
}


/***
 * Convert a void* to his value
 * Params:
 *     ptr =
 * Returns:
 */
T fromPtr(T)(void* ptr)
{
  return *(cast(T*)ptr) ;
}
/* ------- END CODE -------- */


Thanks in advance,
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