Array operations

[monkyyy]

On Friday, 2 May 2025 at 22:19:53 UTC, Andy Valencia wrote:
> In the following code, two questions.  First, is there any 
> difference between "x[] = y" and "x[] = y[]"?

With basic slices no; I could construct something with overloads 
tho

```d
import std.stdio : writeln;

auto foo(ref int[] a, ref int[] b){
     a=b;
}
auto bar(ref int[] a, ref int[] b){
     a=b[];
}

void foobar(alias F)(){
     int[] x = new int[4];
     int[] y = new int[8];
     F(x,y);
     (x.ptr-y.ptr).writeln;
     (x.length-y.length).writeln;
}

void main() {
     foobar!foo;
     foobar!bar;
}
```

x and y are as far as I know, bit for bit identical and nothing 
can cause spookieness in either case

>  I'm curious why they stepped away from D's exception 
> architecture?

Slices are references... mostly; its spooky when they overlap 
with dynamic arrays; with this instruction your going to be 
reassigning a pointer.