[Issue 8887] static arrays passed by value in extern C/C++ functions should not compile

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8887

--- Comment #6 from bearophile_hugs at eml.cc ---
(In reply to Dicebot from comment #3)

> However I don't like compilation failure here either. extern(C) functions
> must comply to C ABI and thus pass static arrays by pointer even if normal D
> functions do that by value.

I think that a compilation failure is better because it avoids to introduce a
special case in the D language. Special cases cause problems, even when they
look a little handy.

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