Discussion Thread: DIP 1039--Static Arrays with Inferred Length--Community Review Round 1

[Luhrel]

On Wednesday, 6 January 2021 at 18:34:31 UTC, Nick Treleaven 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 6 January 2021 at 18:29:05 UTC, Nick Treleaven 
> wrote:
>> Can be fixed (probably with another name):
>>
>> //import std.array;
>
> Actually template overloading seems to work fine:
>
> template staticArray(T) {
>     T[n] staticArray(ulong n) (auto ref T[n] a) {return a;}
> }
>
> T[n] staticArray(T, ulong n) (auto ref T[n] a) {return a;}
>
> void main(){
>     auto a = [1,2,3].staticArray!float;
>     pragma(msg, typeof(a)); // float[3]
>     a.writeln();
>     [1,2,3].staticArray.writeln();
> }

Still doesn't work with `short`.