On Wednesday, October 05, 2016 19:22:03 pineapple via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 at 18:19:27 UTC, TheGag96 wrote: > > On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 at 02:19:13 UTC, Jonathan M Davis > > > > wrote: > >> The problem is that static arrays aren't ranges (calling > >> popFront on them can't work, because their length isn't > >> mutable). However, you can slice a static array to get a > >> dynamic array which _is_ a range. e.g. > >> > >> thing[].sort(); > >> > >> Just make sure that such a dynamic array does not outlive the > >> static array, or it will refer to invalid memory (which would > >> not be a problem in this case). > >> > >> - Jonathan M Davis > > > > Ah thanks guys. I think I just got used to thinking arrays > > would always be found to be ranges by the compiler. Good to > > know! > > Would just like to point out that this is design weirdness on > Phobos' part - the library I've been writing does not have this > problem.
It doesn't even make conceptual sense for a static array to be a range, because you can't remove elements from it. - Jonathan M Davis