Is [ 0, 1, 2 ] an immutable array?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:41:20 -0400, Ali Cehreli <acehreli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:
>
>> >     int[] a = [ 0, 1, 2 ];
>> >     a[0] = 42;
>
>> No, it's a mutable array.  It's one of the quirks of D2 that bugs me.  A
>> string literal is an immutable array but a normal array literal actually
>> allocates new space on the heap for the array every time you use it.  So
>> if you assign the same literal to 2 different variables, they are 2
>> separate copies of the array.
>>
>> I think the behavior should be identical to strings.
>
> I agree. I thought that D was a good first language to teach, so I've  
> started to write a tutorial; but I am having big difficultly extracting  
> the semantics of arrays and slices.
>
> I still can't understand how to explain dynamic arrays and slices even  
> to myself yet. :D

Hold off.  Arrays and slices are about to change drastically (see thread  
on T[new] in digitalmars.D)

-Steve