Cannot initialize associative array.

[Andrej Mitrovic]

Andrej Mitrovic Wrote:

> Bernard Helyer Wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:41:45 -0700, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> > 
> > > Ali Çehreli wrote:
> > >> dcoder wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>  > So, I moved the initialization to inside the main function, and now
> > >> it works.
> > >>  > Great.  I think we need to put this question in the FAQ.
> > >> 
> > >> For future reference, if it really needs to be global:
> > >> 
> > >> uint[string] mywords;
> > >> 
> > >> static this()
> > >> {
> > >>     mywords = [ "Hello" : 1, "World" : 1, "Cat" : 1, "Dog" : 1 ];
> > >> }
> > > 
> > > Could someone please verify whether the above is really necessary? Is it
> > > actually a dmd bug that we need to use 'static this()' to initialize an
> > > associative array?
> > > 
> > > Ali
> > 
> > I can't remember where exactly I read it, but there's a line in the docs 
> > specifically forbidding the use of AAs in constant expressions, so it's 
> > by design AFAIK.
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/expression.html#ArrayLiteral
> 
> "Associative array literals are a comma-separated list of key:value pairs...
> *An AssocArrayLiteral cannot be used to statically initialize anything. *"

Woops, correct link:
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/expression.html#AssocArrayLiteral