[Issue 13556] inconsistent 'new' syntax for arrays

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13556

--- Comment #9 from Ketmar Dark <ketmar at ketmar.no-ip.org> ---
(In reply to dennis.m.ritchie from comment #7)
> I suggest to implement such a syntax for declaring multidimensional arrays:
> 
> auto array = new int[11](4, 8, 6, 13 /* .... The length of the other
> subarrays on request */);

you can do almost the same with templates.

auto DNew(T, A...) () if (A.length > 0) {
  template A2S(A...) {
    import std.conv : to;
    static if (A.length == 0)
      enum A2S = "";
    else
      enum A2S = to!string(A[0])~","~A2S!(A[1..$]);
  }
  import std.array : replicate;
  return mixin("new "~T.stringof~"[]".replicate(A.length)~"("~A2S!A~")");
}


void main () {
  import std.stdio;
  auto a = DNew!(int, 5, 6, 7);
  a[2][3][4] = 42;
  writeln(a[2][3][]);
}

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