[Issue 8901] a bug to cast from array literal to ubyte[]

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8901


yebblies <yebblies at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from yebblies <yebblies at gmail.com> 2012-10-29 05:19:42 EST ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> 
> This bug seems to happen, because `cast(ubyte[])[a]` is processed as
> `cast(ubyte[])[cast(ubyte)a]` by dmd.
> `[a]` should be always processed as `int[]`.

That is not a bug, casting an array literal is not the same as casting an
array/slice.  While this is an inconsistent design, it is definitely
intentional.

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