How to remove all occurrences of a string in another? I can do this using the following code:
std.array.replace: "the string".replace("the", "")
But I wonder if there is a dedicated function for this in phobos?
Yes. It's correct function. But you might want to use it from std.string. Because if in future version something changes you'll still be using correct function.
From documentation of std.string:
The following functions are publicly imported:
std.array:replacereplaceInPlace...