On 05/01/12 02:25, H. S. Teoh wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 02:14:42AM +0200, bearophile wrote: >> Timon Gehr: >> >>> * I agree on supporting deducing length for static arrays. (there >>> is a >>> int[$] arr = [1,2,3]; proposal.) >> >> Someone in Bugzilla ha just proposed an alternative idea, that >> despite not looking very nice, is not overall bad (here with a small >> change): >> >> auto arr = [1, 2, 3]f; >> >> That trailing f denotes a fixed-side array/string literal. So it's >> usable for other situations too. > [...] > > I don't like it. An f prefix already means float in another context; > overloading it to also mean static array is a bad idea. D already has > too much overloaded syntax (like static meaning all sorts of diverse > things depending on context). I much prefer the int[$] proposal, because > $ already means "length of array" in D, and so would fit right in.
Since one of the most characteristic D features is overloading "static" whenever possible, this would fit right in: auto arr = static [1, 2, 3]; artur
