On Monday, 31 October 2016 at 05:42:16 UTC, sarn wrote:
On Monday, 31 October 2016 at 04:35:35 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
[...]
I've seen hacks to do the same thing in C++. They're not
pretty, though.
[...]
Class/struct static constructors are good for initialising
class/struct static data. Module static constructors are good
for initialising module "static data" (i.e., globals). They're
especially handy for initialising immutable global data (which
is the kind of global data D encourages).
BTW, immutable data is shared between threads, so you should
use "shared static this" to initialise it. Regular static
constructors are executed per thread.
Thanks! If you don't mind a follow up question, is this:
immutable uint maxSize = 128;
identical to this:
immutable uint maxSize;
static this()
{
maxSize = 128;
}
