Empty VS null array?

Timon Gehr timon.gehr at gmx.ch
Fri Oct 18 13:15:31 PDT 2013


On 10/18/2013 10:09 PM, Blake Anderton wrote:
> I agree a null value and empty array are separate concepts, but from my
> very anecdotal/non rigorous point of view I really appreciate D's
> ability to treat them as equivalent.
>
> My day job mostly involves C# and array code almost always follows the
> pattern if(arr == null || arr.Length == 0) ...
>
> In D just doing if(arr.length) feels much nicer and less error prone.
> I'm all for correctness but would hate to throw the baby out with the
> bathwater.

(This will work either way.)


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