static arrays at runtime with templates ?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 07:14:38PM +0000, Emil via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
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> Can std.array.staticArray build static arrays with size known only at
> run time ? Now that I am not overcome with enthousiasm it looks like
> it too needs to know the size.

That's not possible, because the size of a static array is part of its
type, meaning it must be known at compile-time.

Perhaps what you're looking for is alloca (and possibly a slice over
that)?


T

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