https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17607
Issue ID: 17607 Summary: not an associative array initializer Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P1 Component: dmd Assignee: nob...@puremagic.com Reporter: an...@s-e-a-p.de I build an AWS SDK for D based on the AWS definitions. I generate structures for the input/output data. These structures I fill with the structure initializer which works quite fine for anything except associate arrays. This is the minimized structure to create an record in an AWS Dynamo DB table. For the record you specify the attribute values via an associative array. (I generate an associative array as in the AWS API definition an JSON Object is used). Although structure initializer works quite well for array, it does not work for associative arrays. test.d(19): Error: not an associative array initializer The coding below does not compile. Instead I have to write much more verbose coding to fill the item. Indepent of the current ongoing DIP, is there any chance to enable structure initializer for associative arrrays? struct PutItemRequest { string tableName; AttributeValue[string] item; } struct AttributeValue { bool BOOL; string S; AttributeValue[string] M; string[] SS; } void main() { PutItemRequest request = { tableName: "table1", item: [ "field1": {S: "LALA"}, "field2": {SS: ["A", "B", "C"]}, "field3": { M: ["fieldA": {S: "234"}] } ] }; } --