Multi dimensional array question.

[Simen kjaeraas]

dcoder <gtdegamo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm wondering why in D if you declare a fixed multi dimensional array,  
> you
> have to reverse the index order to access an element.  I know it has  
> something
> to do with how tightly [] bind, but the consequence is that it seems so
> different to other languages, it makes it error prone.

The idea is that T[] is an array of T, for any T. if T == int[3], T[]
would be int[3][]. Also, for indexing, given T[] arr. arr[i] peels off
the first layer, giving you a T.

If arr[i] used the first set of brackets, generic functions would be
thoroughly borked, as a T passed to a template as int[3] would lead to
different indexing from a T of int.

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Simen