[Issue 17607] not an associative array initializer

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17607

--- Comment #5 from Andre <andre at s-e-a-p.de> ---
(In reply to John Colvin from comment #3)
> My use case involves structures with these initialisers being used by people
> who aren't really D programmers, so it looks bad and is confusing to have
> the extra `( ... )` for me too.
> 
> Hopefully there is a solution. I don't think it's a case of needing improved
> syntax in the language, it's just a compiler bug.

I just have another look. The workaround is unfortunately not working but
causing a lot of errors:

struct PutItemRequest
{
    AttributeValue[string] item;
}

struct AttributeValue
{
    string S;
}

void main()
{
    PutItemRequest request = {
                item: ([
                    "field1": {S: "LALA"}
                ])
        };
}

test2.d(15): Error: found } when expecting ; following statement
test2.d(16): Error: found ] instead of statement
test2.d(17): Error: found ; when expecting ,
test2.d(18): Error: expression expected, not }
test2.d(18): Error: key:value expected for associative array literal
test2.d(18): Error: found EOF when expecting ,
test2.d(14): Error: found EOF when expecting ]
test2.d(14): Error: found EOF when expecting )
test2.d(18): Error: found end of file instead of initializer
test2.d(18): Error: semicolon expected, not EOF
test2.d(18): Error: found EOF when expecting } following compound statement

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