What's left for 1.0?

[Sean Kelly]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> So, what's left on everyone's lists for D1.0 must-have features?
> 
> For a language that has unheard of features like variadic template 
> support (!) one thing that seems oddly immature to me is support for 
> static initializers.  Things like:
> 
> * No way to initialize a static array without counting elements
>     static byte[???] imageData = [...];   // i hope you like counting!

Maybe:

static imageData = [cast(byte) ...];

> * No way to initialize a dynamic array with a known length
>     byte[] imageData;  imageData.length = 5;  // two steps - meh

byte[] imageData = new byte[5];

> * No way to initialize array of strings
>     char[][] list = ["eggs","bacon","milk","break"];  //uh uh
> 
> * No way to initialize non-static struct
>     Point p = { x:1.0, y:2.0 };  // nope...not static
> 
> * No way to initialize associative array
>     char[int] strTable = {"hello":5, "hi":2, "greetings":9}; // no way

The rest would be nice to have, though.


Sean