Re: How to make AA key a pointer

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Clinton wrote:

On Monday, 19 February 2018 at 14:55:01 UTC, Clinton wrote:
Hi all, I need advice from better developers on this concern.
I'm using an AA to reference another array for quicker access:

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Sorry, on second look my explanation isn't very clear. I want to know if:

bool[string] myAA;

myAA[contact.id] = true; // Does this copy contact.id or is this a 
pointer to contact.id?

there is absolutely no reason to copy `string` ever, as it is `immutable`. 
and compiler knows that. anyway, why don't you just check it by writing the 
code first?

        import std.stdio;
        void main () {
                int[string] a;
                string s = "test";
                writefln("%08x", s.ptr);
                a[s] = 666;
                s = "test1";
                writefln("%08x", s.ptr);
                a[s] = 42;
                foreach (string k; a.byKey) writefln("%08x", k.ptr);
        }