Scott Meyers' DConf 2014 keynote "The Last Thing D Needs"

[Simen Kjærås via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 2014-05-29 03:29, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:

> 1. The order of the dimensions of multi-dimensional static arrays is backwards
> in comparison to what most everyone expects.
>
>      int[4][5][6] foo;
>
> is the same as
>
>      int foo[6][5][4];
>
> and has the same dimensions as
>
>      auto bar = new int[][][](6, 5, 4);


IMO, it's the dynamic array creation syntax that's weird here. The 
static array syntax is sensible, easy to explain, and consistent with 
reading the type left to right. I've never used the syntax for creating 
a multidimensional dynamic array, so I was frankly surprised to see it 
worked that way.

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   Simen