why array do not support gcc style Initialize way?

[Paul Backus]

On Wednesday, 11 September 2019 at 19:44:47 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 September 2019 at 19:19:51 UTC, Paul Backus 
> wrote:
>> D's array initialization uses different syntax from C:
>>
>>     int[3] ary = [ 1: 2 ]; // index: value
>>
>> For details, see the D language specification's section on 
>> static array initialization:
>> https://dlang.org/spec/arrays.html#static-init-static
>
> Wow, I've been using D for 7 years and had no idea this was 
> possible. Normally the [ 1:2 ] syntax defines an associative 
> array; do you happen to know where in the spec this is 
> mentioned, if at all?

It's right under the header I linked to in my message :)