Is it possible to directly modify a value pointed by a pointer without memcpy (load, store) and __del__?

[paugier]

If I understand correctly, to modify the value pointed by a pointer, one needs to run:

    let p = Pointer[Container].alloc(1)
    memset_zero[Container](p, 1)

    # not possible:
    # p[0].value = 5

    var v = p.load(0)
    v.value = 5
    p.store(0, v)

which involves creation and destruction of a new Container instance (the __del__ method is called). I don't really understand why one can't just do p[0].value = 5.

In contrast, print(p[0].value) is supported and does not involve creation and destruction of a new Container instance (__del__ is not called).