I don't like slices in D

[Lionello Lunesu]

On 10/17/13 22:03, Vitali wrote:
>    // but what is the purpose of this?

auto arr1 = [1,2,3];
auto arr2 = arr1;
arr2.length--;
arr2 ~= 4;	// append 4

What do you expect arr1[2] is?


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It's the original value 3! Which makes sense: why would the slice affect 
the original array? If that were the case you wouldn't be able to safely 
pass a slice of a big array to any function.