On 28/12/14 19:21, Tobias Pankrath via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
To allow slicing for types that don't have a length property but are terminated by a sentinel value, like null terminated strings or single linked lists.It's usefull for multi-dimensional containers as well.
Ah, clear. Thanks very much. (Must remember to look into the multi-dimensional container issue in more detail, that looks like something worth understanding in depth.)
