Implicit alloca for static arrays

[Craig Black]

Agreed.  Stack arrays are useful for efficiency reasons.  It doesn't seem 
like it would be hard for Walter to implement.

-Craig

"Lionello Lunesu" <lio at remove.lunesu.com> wrote in message 
news:dvuf4v$1dra$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
> 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
>
>