Arrays, garbage collection

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On Friday, 30 January 2015 at 07:37:07 UTC, Daniel Kozák wrote:
> V Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:08:30 +0000
> bearophile via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> 
> napsáno:
>> 
>> It helps avoid bugs like:
>> 
>> int[5] a = [1,2,4,5];
>> 
>
> No, it makes more bugs possible
>
> // this is compile error so its ok
> int[MUST_HAVE_FIVE_ITEMS] a=[1,2,3,5];
> // Error: mismatched array lengths, 5 and 4
>
>
> // now this is compile error so its ok
> int[$] a = [1,2,3,5]; // oops I miss one value
> // but there is no error at compile time

If you already know that it needs to have 5 elements, don't use 
`$`. Just like you wouldn't use `auto` if you want your variable 
to be `long`.