Static array with parameter based size?

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Tue Jul 11 04:52:17 PDT 2017


On Tuesday, 11 July 2017 at 08:23:02 UTC, Miguel L wrote:
> I need to create a non-dynamic array like this
>
> void f(int x)
> {
> int[x] my_array;
> ...
>
> this does not compile as x value needs to be known at compile 
> time. The closest to this I can get is:
>
> void f(int x)
> {
> int[] my_array;
> my_array.length=x;
>
> but I don't really need a dynamic array as length is not going 
> to change inside f.
>
> What is the best way to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance
Another approach would be to use a template function:

----
void f(int x)()
{
     int[x] array;
}

void main()
{
     f!42;
}
----


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