auto arr = [1, 2, 3] should be a static array, not a GC allocated array

[Era Scarecrow]

On Thursday, 14 July 2022 at 13:14:59 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
> It is misleading, nobody expect this to be GC allocated
>
> It should be equal to:
>
> ```D
> int[3] arr = [1, 2, 3]
> ```
>
> Also why it is GC allocated without requiring ``new``?

That would be a little confusing. If i were writing a language or 
compiler; if it was a slice/array without a known length it would 
allocate, if it is a known length or on the stack it would copy 
to the stack from a fixed immutable array in ROM, and in the case 
it's immutable it would just point to the array it would have 
copied from.

  i know enum array values would likely always be forcibly 
allocated either way.

  And static/module immutable items could point to the original 
ROM data as it would be allocated during compile-time.