Associative Array Initalizers - Possible Syntax?

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Kirk McDonald Wrote:

> Xinok wrote:
> > Nicolai Waniek Wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I don't like each version you provided. The most readable and D-ish (in
> >>comparison to static initialization) would be something like this example:
> >>
> >>char[][][char[]] languageTokens =
> >>    [
> >>      "comments" : ["\\*", "*\\", "//", "\\+", "+\\],
> >>      "type"     : ["bool", "int", "double", "float"]
> >>    ];
> >>
> >>and so on.
> > 
> > 
> > The one problem with that example is expressions which would make use of conditionals. Technically, it could work because conditionals have a fixed number of arguments, but it would be hard to read if both sides used conditionals.
> > 
> > int[int] arr = [a > b ? a : b : c > d ? c : d];
> > 
> > You could argue that you could use parenthesis. Well, then it just essentially becomes my syntax, except using parenthesis instead of square brackets [].
> > 
> > int[int] arr = [(a > b ? a : b) : c > d ? c : d];
> > Compare against:
> > int[int] arr = [[a > b ? a : b] = c > d ? c : d];
> 
> I do not find this a compelling reason to require brackets or 
> parentheses in all cases. I do like Nicolai's suggestion, though. (It's 
> very much like Python's syntax, and I believe has been suggested before.)
> 
> -- 
> Kirk McDonald
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