char array weirdness

[Anon via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 28 March 2016 at 22:34:31 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote:
> void main () {
>     import std.range.primitives;
>     char[] val = ['1', '0', 'h', '3', '6', 'm', '2', '8', 's'];
>     pragma(msg, ElementEncodingType!(typeof(val)));
>     pragma(msg, typeof(val.front));
> }
>
> prints
>
>     char
>     dchar
>
> Why?

Unicode! `char` is UTF-8, which means a character can be from 1 
to 4 bytes. val.front gives a `dchar` (UTF-32), consuming those 
bytes and giving you a sensible value.