[Issue 6408] string[].init gives a wrong type

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6408



--- Comment #4 from bearophile_hugs at eml.cc 2011-07-30 12:37:31 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)

> You could also just add a pair of parenthesis:
> 
>     (string[]).init
>     (int[]).init

This was my last example.


> I'm not sure about allowing `S[].prop`. If this is allowed, we should also
> allow `S[3].prop` and `S[T].prop` and maybe even `S*.prop`. Maybe let's have a
> rejects-valid or enhancement request.

Beside returning the correctly typed value, as alternative I accept this:

string[].init

to produce a syntax error that suggests the programmer to use (string[]).init
instead. What I don't accept it silently returning a value of the "wrong" type.

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