[Issue 8838] Slicing static arrays should be considered unsafe (@system)

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timon.gehr at gmx.ch changed:

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--- Comment #3 from timon.gehr at gmx.ch 2012-10-17 16:42:44 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> > This is a big change in D, so before going this route I suggest to think well
> about this topic.
> 
> The thing is that it _isn't_ memory safe. There's no question of that. So, per
> the definition of @safe, it has no business being @safe. It needs to be
> @system. If it's not, then SafeD is broken. I don't see how anyone could argue
> otherwise.
> ...

The code segment must be rejected, but what makes it unsafe is the escaping.
Banning the slicing is not very precise.

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