Implicit alloca for static arrays

[Lionello Lunesu]

If you'd ask me, this should definately be included before 1.0:

# void somefunc( uint i ) {
#   char[i] array;   // creates static array but with run-time length (*)
# }

This can currently be done by using alloca (for the record:)

# import std.c.stdlib;
# void somefunc( uint i ) {
#   char[] array = (cast(char*)alloca(char.sizeof * i))[0..i];
# }

which works fine, as long as you don't append / resize the array.

L.

(*) this code generates 4 identical compiler errors:
Integer constant expression expected instead of (events).length