isRandomAccessRange on static array

[Brad Anderson]

On Monday, 9 April 2012 at 23:22:57 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 00:20:20 Brad Anderson wrote:
>> A user in IRC was having difficulty using std.algorithm.sort 
>> on a
>> static array. It appears to be due to static arrays don't pass
>> the isRandomAccessRange constraint.
>> 
>> static assert(isRandomAccessRange!(uint[5]));
>> 
>> Results in:
>> 
>> Error: static assert (isRandomAccessRange!(uint[5u])) is
>> false
>> 
>> Is this a bug or am I missing something?
>
> Static arrays are not ranges:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8873265/is-a-static-array-a-forward-range
>
> If you want to pass a static array to a range-based function, 
> you must slice
> it first.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Ah, ok.  That makes sense.  Thanks.

Regards,
Brad Anderson