Error with associative array initializer DMD32 D Compiler v2.070.0

[mahdi via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 3 March 2016 at 10:35:50 UTC, MGW wrote:
> The citation from https://dlang.org/spec/hash-map.html
>
> Static Initialization of AAs
> ----------------------------
>
> immutable long[string] aa = [
>   "foo": 5,
>   "bar": 10,
>   "baz": 2000
> ];
>
> unittest
> {
>     assert(aa["foo"] == 5);
>     assert(aa["bar"] == 10);
>     assert(aa["baz"] == 2000);
> }
>
> Judging by the text, it is static initialization, during 
> compilation.

You have to put that definition inside body of a function (a 
declaration). it should not be placed inside module's root level 
code.