On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 08:33:34 Nordlöw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at 07:38:00 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
>
> wrote:
> > T[n] s(T, size_t n)(auto ref T[n] array) pure nothrow @nogc
> > @safe
> > {
> >
> > return array;
> >
> > }
>
> What about adding `s` to std.array in the meanwhile? I wonder
> what Walter says about the static array to slice assignment.
> Isn't it memory-safe?
If you use auto with the return value, you're fine, because you get a static
array, and the orignal static array is copied, but if you assign it to a
dynamic array, it's not at all memory safe. It's returning a slice of an
rvalue and is a clear violation of
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12625
- Jonathan M Davis
