static array literal syntax request: auto x=[1,2,3]S;

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Monday, June 11, 2012 01:35:41 Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 06/11/2012 12:28 AM, Mehrdad wrote:
> > Ugh... you keep on saying "on occasion" and "particular case", making it
> > seem like it's such a rarity that it's not worth mentioning.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regarding your examples: the rule is quite simple:
> > 
> > - Literals are static by default
> > - If they are to be assigned to a dynamic array, then make them dynamic
> > instead
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > But I really don't understand what benefit you get by making them
> > dynamic by DEFAULT... and your answer didn't tell me anything, other
> > than "most of the time you're assigning them to dynamic arrays" (which
> > tells me nothing about the benefits).
> 
> Type deduction.

Exactly. And if they need to be assigned to a static array, then the compiler 
can automatically do what it needs to do to avoid the extra heap allocation.

- Jonathan M Davis