Fixed size multidimensional array at runtime

[Denis Shelomovskij]

30.06.2012 22:21, Vidar Wahlberg пишет:
> I know multidimensional arrays has been brought up many times, although
> I was not able to find a clear answer to my question. My knowledge of
> what's going on behind the curtains is somewhat lacking, please correct
> me if my assumptions are incorrect.
>
> Creating a dynamic multidimensional array can be easily achieved with
> for example "auto matrix = new int[][](4, 2);", although if I've
> understood it correct this would create a "jagged" array (as explained
> on page 112 in TDPL) which may cause efficiency issues due to two
> indirections as opposed to only one indirection which you would have in
> a "rectangular" array (as explained at http://dlang.org/arrays.html). If
> you at compile time know the dimensions of the array you could write
> "int[2][4] matrix;", and I've understood this as creating a
> "rectangular" array.
>
> In my case I don't know the dimensions at compile time, but I'm still
> interested in creating a multidimensional array with only one
> indirection (i.e. allocated contiguously in memory) at runtime, where
> I'm not going to modify the size of the array. Is this impossible* in D?
> *I know I could create a one-dimensional array and programmatically
> convert from multiple dimensions to one dimension, yet this is not as
> satisfactory as a "true" multidimensional array.
>
> Obviously it's the efficiency I worry about, I would much appreciate if
> someone could shed light upon this.

You could be interested in my answer on this thread:
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/mailman.1578.1339962782.24740.digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com

But looks like nobody really need such implementation (nobody asked me 
to make it up-to-date or put under VCS).

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Денис В. Шеломовский
Denis V. Shelomovskij