• Per =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= (6/6) Apr 06 2018 Why isn't `std.conv.emplaceRef` public when `std.conv.emplace` is?
• Seb (6/13) Apr 06 2018 I had the same thoughts too:

Per =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> writes:

Why isn't `std.conv.emplaceRef` public when `std.conv.emplace` is?

AFAICT,

emplaceRef(x, ...)

is a bit more  safe than

emplace(&x, ...)

...

Seb <seb wilzba.ch> writes:

On Friday, 6 April 2018 at 17:46:26 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
 Why isn't `std.conv.emplaceRef` public when `std.conv.emplace` 
 is?

 AFAICT,

 emplaceRef(x, ...)

 is a bit more  safe than

 emplace(&x, ...)

 ...

I had the same thoughts too:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18701

We can even do this without introducing a new symbol, but simply 
let emplace accept pointers and ref like we need with 
formattedRead for nice backwards compatibility.