Array initialization quiz

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 20:42:59 Marco Leise wrote:
> Am 29.11.2011, 20:41 Uhr, schrieb Marco Leise <Marco.Leise at gmx.de>:
> > Am 29.11.2011, 14:53 Uhr, schrieb bearophile <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com>:
> >> deadalnix:
> >>> No it has nothing to do with this bug.
> >> 
> >> I tend to agree.
> >> 
> >>> But actually, this exemple should
> >>> generate a warning at least, or being illegal eventually.
> >> 
> >> I'd like that code to loop on all array 256 items once, and then stop
> >> 
> >> :-)
> >> 
> >> Bye,
> >> bearophile
> > 
> > Is it evil if I propose that 'i' should always be size_t and nothing
> > else?
> 
> Yes, because you can iterate over -10..10 as well -.-

I would argue that i should always be size_t if it's an index. So,

foreach(i; -10 .. 10) {}

would be valid, but

int[] arr;
foreach(byte i, val; arr) {}

wouldn't be.

- Jonathn M Davis