Re: Best way to reference an array in a child class...

[bearophile]

captain_fid:

struct S
{
  int a;
  string b;
}
class A
{
   S[] items;
   abstract void doit();
}

class B: A
{
   this() {items = [ {10, "first"}, {20, "second"}];}    // 
line 21
   override void doit() { }
}

(21): Error: found '}' when expecting ';' following statement
(21): Error: found ',' instead of statement

For reasons I don't know that {} syntax doesn't always work in D. 
So try:

this() {
    this.items = [S(10, "first"), S(20, "second")];
}

Bye,
bearophile