A array bug?

[Chris Nicholson-Sauls]

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>> taqya wrote:
> <snip>
>>>     char[] a = "a".dup;
>>>     char[] b = "b".dup;
>>>     writefln(a + b); //Error: Array operations not implemented
> <snip>
>> If so, the error informs you why you can't do that.
> <snip>
> 
> Except that it doesn't.  "Array operations not implemented" is a 
> leftover from a previous version of the D spec.  Nowadays array 
> operations _are_ implemented, but the language doesn't support this 
> particular use thereof.  So the bug is that the error message is badly 
> written.
> 
> Stewart.

Suggest: Array operation '<OP>' not implemented for type <T>[].

Where <OP> is here '+' and <T> is here char.

And possibly catch the particular case of char[] and suggest '~', since 
it is probably the single most common mistake in this area.

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls