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

[Luhrel]

On Friday, 8 January 2021 at 11:49:30 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> On Thursday, 7 January 2021 at 15:58:24 UTC, Luhrel wrote:
>> [...]
>
> It does not compile because length of `s` is not known at 
> compile time. It SHOULD compile if `s` was either a static 
> array or a manifest constant, but currently it does not - what 
> a lucky bug!
>
> I still think it deserves a mention -it's standard practice to 
> put the "breaking changes" section even if there are none. In 
> this case it seems a breaking change by the spec, but not by 
> the implementation.

Currently, isn't `$` only allowed inside the square brackets ?
https://dlang.org/spec/arrays.html#array-length

I don't think this bug is valid