array setting : Whats going in here?

[Imperatorn]

On Saturday, 7 October 2023 at 00:00:48 UTC, claptrap wrote:
>
> char[] foo;
> foo.length = 4;
> foo[] = 'a'; // ok sets all elements
> foo[] = "a"; // range error at runtime?
> foo[] = "ab"; // range error at runtime?
>
> So I meant to init with a char literal but accidently used 
> double quotes. Should that even compile? Shouldn't the compiler 
> at least complain when trying to init with "ab"?

Even though you now have gotten answers, I still agree with you 
that there should be some kind of "warning" or suggestion like, 
did you mean to assign incompatible types?

It could just check the element type and see if it matches the 
rhs type.