Ali Ãehreli: > Could someone please verify whether the above is really necessary?
An initialization inside some runtime function/initializator is necessary unless the AA is an enum. > Is it > actually a dmd bug that we need to use 'static this()' to initialize an > associative array? According to the way D AAs are designed it's not a bug. But of course you can think of possible enhancements or changes to the design. Bye, bearophile