How to initialize static array member variable?

[Simen kjaeraas]

Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth at gmail.com> wrote:

> As a side note, I find the syntax quite unfortunate. It reads to me as  
> if the static constructor will only be called if the default constructor  
> is used (I know, this does not make sense as the static constructor will  
> be called before main, and before any non-static constructor). Still, I  
> wonder why not simply the Java syntax
>
> static {
>      // ...
> }
>
> was adopted.

One reason could be that {} are used for grouping in D. e.g all methods
of this struct are static:

struct foo {
     static {
        void bar( ) {};
        string baz( ) {return "Ouch, you poked me!";}
     }
}


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Simen