How to represent struct with trailing array member

[Dibyendu Majumdar via Digitalmars-d-learn]

Hi

I have C code where the struct has a trailing array member:
struct matrix {
  int rows;
  int cols;
  double data[1];
};

In C code this is allocated dynamically to be variable size. The 
array is used just as normal.

How should this be translated to D? Will D's array access allow 
data elements to be accessed beyond the size declared?

Thanks and Regards
Dibyendu