Cannot initialize associative array.

[Rory McGuire]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:30:40 +0200, Ali Çehreli <acehreli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> dcoder wrote:
>
>  > So, I moved the initialization to inside the main function, and now  
> it works.
>  > Great.  I think we need to put this question in the FAQ.
>
> For future reference, if it really needs to be global:
>
> uint[string] mywords;
>
> static this()
> {
>      mywords = [ "Hello" : 1, "World" : 1, "Cat" : 1, "Dog" : 1 ];
> }
>
> Ali



 from what I have read in TDPL so far (about half way now), there is no  
mention of this limitation.
It just says that [key:value] is how you would statically initialize a AA.

Does this mean that it is just a D implementation issue. To me its seems  
like this should be a defined part
of the language. Also the compiler should really rewrite it to your above  
code anyway, surely?

-Rory