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pointers are very eleganto
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Here's a true example from my collections library:
https://github.com/ZILtoid1991/collections-d/blob/05e51c1acdd0bb583fbb8548c79d1b3fbaff37cc/source/collections/linkedlist.d#L75
This one uses a bit safer reference to a pointer:
https://github.com/ZILtoid1991/collections-d/blob/05e51c1acdd0bb583fbb8548c79d1b3fbaff37cc/source/collections/treemap.d#L662C1-L685C3
Basically it allows me to modify a pointer easily.