Why is this allowed

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 04:50:07PM +0000, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> On Tuesday, 30 June 2020 at 16:41:50 UTC, JN wrote:
> > I like my code to be explicit, even at a cost of some extra typing,
> > rather than get bitten by some unexpected implicit behavior.
> 
> I agree, I think ALL implicit slicing of static arrays are problematic
> and should be removed. If you want to set it all or slice it for any
> other reason, just put on the [].

We've known this for at least 4 years, yet nothing has been done about
it. :-(

	https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15932

The problem isn't just safety, which is partly addressed by dip1000, but
also mistakes of the kind the OP posted.  Basically, it's a misfeature
with many ill side-effects all in the questionable name of convenience.
It's time we got rid of it.


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