Why is `Appender._data` a pointer to its `Data`-store?

[Per Nordlöw via Digitalmars-d-learn]

Why is `Appender`'s store `Data` put directly as

    `private Data* _data;`
instead of

    `private Data _data;`

?

Removing the pointer indirection would give better locality.

If it's about optimizing for empty `Appender`s then a `Appender*` 
should be used in those cases instead.