One case of array assignments

[John Colvin]

On Wednesday, 13 March 2013 at 21:08:30 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 03/13/2013 09:59 PM, John Colvin wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 13 March 2013 at 20:46:35 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>>> On 03/13/2013 09:23 PM, John Colvin wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, 13 March 2013 at 20:10:14 UTC, bearophile 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> int[10][3] = [1, 2, 3];
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently that second line of code doesn't work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bye,
>>>>> bearophile
>>>>
>>>> It would be really nice if it did.
>>>
>>> Then what's the meaning of
>>>
>>> int[3][3] x = [1,2,3];
>>>
>>> Is it
>>>
>>> int[3][3] x = [[1,2,3],[1,2,3],[1,2,3]];
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> int[3][3] x = [[1,1,1],[2,2,2],[3,3,3]];
>>
>> the former, clearly. It directly follows from
>>
>> int[3] a = 1;
>>
>> Every element of the array is initialised to the value given. 
>> x is an
>> array of arrays and hence each "element-array" is initialised 
>> to the
>> array on the right hand side.
>
> That's clearly a valid way of reasoning, however, it is not the 
> only one.
>
> int[3] a = 1;
> int[3] b = 2;
> int[3] c = 3;
>
> int[3][3] x = [a,b,c];

this would also be valid, as you have fully specified the 
elements of the array. I don't see the conflict?