No compile time bounds checking for static arrays?

[Stefan Koch]

On Wednesday, 11 August 2021 at 06:29:40 UTC, Tejas wrote:
> ```d
> import std;
> void main()
> {
>     int[40] staticA;
>     auto c = staticA[0..50];//mistake
> }```
> results in:
>
> ```d
> core.exception.RangeError at onlineapp.d(5): Range violation
> ----------------
> ??:? _d_arrayboundsp [0x55db29a0b645]
> ./onlineapp.d:5 _Dmain [0x55db29a0ae8c]
> ```
>
> Is there a way to make this check compile time?

Without modifying the compiler? No.
Please file an enhancement request on issues.dlang.org.
This particular example is an easy fix.