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

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



--- Comment #5 from kennytm at gmail.com 2011-07-30 13:41:25 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> 
> > You could also just add a pair of parenthesis:
> > 
> >     (string[]).init
> >     (int[]).init
> 
> This was my last example.
> 

Right.

> > 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.

I agree.

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