Setting a hard limit on slice size, is this possible?

[Tejas]

On Friday, 6 August 2021 at 10:50:19 UTC, james.p.leblanc wrote:
> I am aware of the "capacity" concept with slices.
>
> But, I would like to know if it is possible to set a
> hard limit on a slice size.
>
> I prefer it to error and crash instead of a doing an
> extension or reallocation.
>
> I understand my question screams of "convoluted
> thinking".  But, I need to align my slice according to
> certain criteria.
>
> (Alternatively, I could use an array ... if I could
> align that according to criteria known at compile
> time.  Is this possible?).
>
> I have a working solution (ugly trick, maybe is a
> better description) to align my slice as desired.
>
> But, the solution would be more robust if I could
> guarantee that the slice is never moved in memory.
>
> Any thoughts, hints, etc are welcome!
>
> James

Okay we were overthinking the solution.

Just use a static array

```d
int[your_max_length]/*or whatever type*/ var;
```

You're good to go!

I almost feel stupid now lol