Initializing associative arrays

[Stewart Gordon]

Tydr Schnubbis wrote:
> If I've got this array:
> 
> char[][][char[]] arr;
> 
> and want to initialize it, what do I do?  I couldn't make the 
> initializer syntax work, I tried this:
> 
> arr = [["key1"]: ["one", "two"]];
<snip>

Problem 1: That isn't an initialiser.  An initialiser is what follows 
the '=' in a _declaration_.

Problem 2: You've declared the key type as char[].  But you're trying to 
use a char[][] as the key.

Problem 3: D doesn't currently support initialisers for AAs.  Don't ask 
me why - I guess Walter just hasn't got round to putting it in.  But 
implementing the facility would at least enable this to work:

     char[][][char[]] arr = ["key1": ["one", "two"]];

Stewart.

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