Trying to understand multidimensional arrays in D

[Ali Çehreli]

On 12/22/20 6:35 AM, ag0aep6g wrote:

 > Flip the pointer syntax, too:
 >
 >      *Foo a; /* a pointer to a Foo */

I am not a language expert but I think that would make D's parsing 
complicated (like C++'s < token) because * already means "derefence" in 
that position. So, the parser would see *Foo as a potential compilation 
error but would have to parse forward, etc.

 >    [4]Foo b; /* an array of four Foos */

[4] already has a meaning. ;)

 > [][4]Foo c; /* a dynamic array of arrays of four Foos each */

I've just learned that the type of [] is void[]. Huh...

 > But now we're no longer C-like, I guess.x

Ali