Questions about initialization of array of objects

[Maxim Fomin]

On Saturday, 12 January 2013 at 21:12:06 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Maxim Fomin:
>
>> I see, but these names are interchangeable. Dlang.org uses 
>> "static" (as opposed to dynamic) and tdpl tends to use 
>> fixed-size name.
>
> If you call a1 static array, then what name do you give to a2? 
> A static static array?
>
> void main() {
>     int[5] a1;
>     static int[5] a2;
>     __gshared int[5] a3;
> }
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

Static static array (yes, it is rather dumb). I see no point in 
selecting more appropriate name among these too if both are 
correct, both are heavily used in discussions (judging by google 
search on dlang.org and subdomains - even if I query fixed array, 
I still receive pages with static name), both are understandable 
(the only little confusion happens with arrays with static 
attribute) and there is no language standard which uses some set 
of terminology.

A case when popular naming is incorrect, is, for example, calling 
this(this) a struct copy constructor (it happens sometimes) - 
when it is certainly incorrect, because it is a postblit, and 
copy constructor is another thing. Even such strictly speaking 
incorrect naming is understandable and widely used.