is there a cleaner way to new a static sized array?

[daoryn]

BCS Wrote:

> I need a function that works like the following:
> 
> > T* New(T)() { return new T; }
> 
> But that also works with static arrays:
> 
> > auto i = New!(int)();
> > auto a = New!(int[27])();
> 
> The cleanest solution I can think of is:
> 
> > T* New(T)() { return (new T[1]).ptr; }
> 
> but that seems ugly. Any ideas?
> 
> 


I'm sorry, but I dont understand the purpose. Whats wrong with "T[27] array"?
Unless you want to use the heap but if so, why not just go with dynamic arrays? Whats the advantage of using static arrays on heap vs dynamic?