Is enum static?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 11:38:34 monarch_dodra wrote:
> I think one exception to this is when you index an enum. EG:
> enum vals=[1, 2, 3, 0];
> 
> auto a = vals[i];
> 
> Here, the compiler will not make an allocation (at least, it
> didn't last time I tested)

It probably does an optimtization based on constant folding or somesuch. And 
I'm sure that there are other cases where the compiler could theoretically 
optimize some array allocations, but in general, I wouldn't bet on dmd being 
that smart at this point.

- Jonathan M Davis