Auto and empty array

w0rp via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Sun Jun 29 22:55:20 PDT 2014


On Monday, 30 June 2014 at 05:39:38 UTC, Igor wrote:
> In case I want to create a new array with size I know, it's 
> very convenient to use auto:
> auto a = new int[](13);
> But if I want to create a new, empty array? Then using auto is 
> not convenient and I have:
> auto a = new int[](0);
> It seems a bit bloated, compared to int[] a = []. I like using 
> auto because of uniform syntax and other reasons. Is there any 
> concise way to create a new empty array with auto?

Just type int[] a; null and empty slices are indistinguishable in 
terms of accessing .length and using foreach.


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