[Issue 8589] Incorrect conversion of function returning `typeof(null)` to function returning an array

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8589



--- Comment #5 from Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg at gmail.com> 2013-03-10 20:55:04 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> Kenji, is this a parser bug?
> 
> f(() => int[].init);
> 
> test.d(11): Error: found '[' when expecting '.' following int
> test.d(11): Error: found ']' when expecting identifier following 'int.'
> 
> You have to use:
> 
> f(() => (int[]).init);
> 
> But that's not very convenient.

No, it is not allowed in current grammar. So it is not a bug, but a limitation.

> Also this won't work because '[]' will be typed as 'void[]':

That would be a type inference bug.

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