Global immutable AA literals

Gor Gyolchanyan gor.f.gyolchanyan at gmail.com
Wed Nov 9 02:43:07 PST 2011


I think this is a bug and i even recall seeing it in bugzilla, but i
don't have a link to it.

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:43 AM, bearophile <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to modify DMD to allow a program like:
>
>
> immutable int[int] aa = [1:15, 2: 7];
> void main() {}
>
>
> With the latest DMD it gives:
> test.d(1): Error: non-constant expression [1:15,2:7]
>
> Global immutable associative arrays are handy in script-like programs, I use them now and then in Python (despite they are not immutable).
> This is a workaround for script-like programs, that I sometimes use:
>
>
> immutable int[int] aa;
> static this() {
>    aa = [1:15, 2: 7];
> }
> void main() {}
>
>
> But when possible I try to avoid using static this.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile
>


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