Re: Bounds check

[John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Friday, 23 May 2014 at 15:14:47 UTC, Chris wrote:
The following:
import std.stdio;

void main() {
  int[5] arg;
  arg[10] = 3;              // Compiler says (of course): 
Error: array index 10 is out of bounds arg[0 .. 5]
}

import std.stdio;

void main() {
  int[5] arg;
  foreach (i; 0..10) {
    arg[i] = i;
  }
}

Compiler says nothing, but we get a runtime error 'Range 
violation'.

Bug or design?

The language guarantees catching the out-of-bounds at runtime. 
The compile-time check is merely a courtesy.