Proposal: struct and array literal syntax

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Chris Miller" <chris at dprogramming.com> wrote in message 
news:op.tbft9dffpo9bzi at moe...
> This is an old idea I had, and also applies to struct initializers which 
> now has ambiguity with literal delegates.
>
> Given the following struct:
>    struct MyStruct { int foo; int bar; }
> can be created with the following proposed syntax:
>    MyStruct!{3, 4}
> which can be used in initializers and anywhere else MyStruct is expected.
>
> For array initializers, see the following proposed syntax:
>    int[]![6, 7, 8, 9]
> which creates a dynamic array of 4 int elements.
> This as well can be used in initializers and anywhere else such an array 
> is expected.

I like it, and it doesn't seem to introduce any ambiguity in the grammar, 
since if you're instantiating a templated struct, the ! will be immediately 
followed by a left paren, and not a left brace.  And of course you never use 
! with arrays.  It also solves the problem of parsing the array literal, 
since

int[][6]

Would be parsed as a type, while

int[]![6]

Would be parsed as an array literal.