If you want to store a value type on the heap in D you just use "new" and a pointer to the type. The same thing in C# would be to wrap the value type into an object. However when you do that automatic conversion without a cast seems not to be possible (C# also have a dynamic type that might solve that but more heavy weight).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/types/boxing-and-unboxing

Is there a possibility to wrap a value type in D around the base object class that is otherwise used as the class reference type? Would this be a way to use D without raw pointers for heap allocated value types?

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