new int[]

[Nathan S.]

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 at 22:46:30 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote:
> If I understand correctly, the goal is to have the `int[]` 
> itself on the GC heap.

The code
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void main(string[] args) @nogc
{
     int[] x = [1, 2, 3];
}
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won't compile, because "array literal in @nogc function 'D main' 
may cause GC allocation". But "may" isn't the same as "will". 
What determines it? That's a kind of goofy error message now that 
I think about it.