Bizarre way to 'new' arrays

[Tom S]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Sadly, this isn't legal:
> 
>     int* i = new int(5);
> 
> To allocate and initialize an integer.  AFAIK there's no way around 
> having the assignment as a separate statement following the allocation.

int* i = (new int)[0..1] = 5;


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