std.array.array seems to return flatten copy of input

[anonymous]

On Friday, 4 April 2014 at 20:19:53 UTC, Olivier Grant wrote:
> import std.stdio;
> import std.range;
> import std.array;
>
> auto splice( size_t N, R )( R range )
>    if(isInputRange!R)
> {
>    struct Splicer
>    {
>       R array;
>
>       @property bool empty( ) const
>       { return 0 == array.length; }
>
>       @property auto front( ) const
>       { return array[0 .. N]; }
>
>       void popFront( )
>       { array = array[N .. $]; }
>    }
>
>    static assert(isInputRange!Splicer);
>
>    assert(range.length % N == 0);
>
>    Splicer res = { range };
>    return res;
> }
>
> unittest
> {
>    assert(equal([1,2,3,4].splice!(2), [[1,2],[3,4]]));
> }
>
> void main( )
> {
>    auto a = [1,2,3,4];
>
>    writeln(a.splice!(2));
>    writeln(a.splice!(2).array);
> }
>
> which weirdly enough gives me the following output :
>
> [[1,2],[3,4]] // I expect that.
> [1,2,3,4] // But what is happening here ?

a.splice!(2).array is the field of the Splicer struct. Rename
that or call std.array.array not via UFCS.