Static inline field initialization

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 04:28:43PM +0000, Moritz Maxeiner via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
> I'd argue that - as new in this case doesn't allocate on the heap, but
> in the resulting application's appropriate segments) - it should work
> like this (from a language semantics standpoint):
> 
> ---
> 
> class Test
> {
>     shared(ubyte)[] buf = new shared(ubyte)[1000]; // classic global
> storage, instances in all threads refer to the same static array
> }
> 
> class Test
> {
>     ubyte[] buf = new ubyte[1000]; // thread local storage, instances in the
> same thread refer to the same static array
> }
> ---

Sounds like a good idea.  Please file this in bugzilla (if it isn't
already) so that it doesn't get lost in the ether.


T

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