Fixing C's Biggest Mistake

[H. S. Teoh]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 09:37:18AM +0000, areYouSureAboutThat via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> As for D, yes, it sure is surprising the compiler cannot automatically
> size a static array by the number of arguments being provided to it.

Of course it can. See std.array.staticArray.

Yes, yes, people hate the standard library for some weird reason. D must
be the only language where people actively hate its standard library.
It's like writing C without using stdlib or stdio, or writing C++
without using STL.  Makes no sense.

Built-in syntax has been proposed multiple times in the past, the main
blocker being:


> But I'm not a fan of this syntax [..]

Everybody says that about every proposal that has come up.

	// All this has been proposed before:
	int[_] staticArray;	// "but _ is a valid identifier!"
	int[$] staticArray;	// "but $ looks ugly!"
	int[auto] staticArray;	// "but auto is too verbose!"
	... // the list goes on
	// And now this:
	int[..] staticArray;	// "but i'm not a fan of this syntax!"

If we would stop bikeshedding over trivialities such as syntax, we'd
have implemented this years ago.


T

-- 
Notwithstanding the eloquent discontent that you have just respectfully expressed at length against my verbal capabilities, I am afraid that I must unfortunately bring it to your attention that I am, in fact, NOT verbose.