Static arrays size limit, int

[Nick Sabalausky]

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote in message 
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> I'd like a higher max size limit for static arrays:
> uint[10_000_000] arr;
> For the LDC compiler is a fully arbitrary limit, it can support higher 
> values. I'd like ldc to be free to use a higher limit.
>
>
> Most/all PC CPUs & operating systems are probably going to become 64 bit, 
> but in D int values are 32 bit, so some years from now, when everything is 
> 64 bit D programs will probably keep containing:
> int i;
> Unless D programmers will train themselves to nearly never use int and 
> usually use:
> long i;
> that will be about as equally fast, but less probable to cause integral 
> overflow.
> The choice of 32 bit as default int number in D may look bad few years 
> from now.
> I don't see good solution. To me the best solution seems to use "long" 
> everywhere in future programs fit for a 64 bit world (cent/ucent will be 
> present, LLVM supports them already, so it's easy to add them to LDC).
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

Isn't that more or less what "size_t" is for?