compile-time variables?

[David B. Held]

BCS wrote:
> [...]
> why is it just char[], why not T[] for any T that can be used by it's 
> self? I have some cases where I want to do that.

I don't know the full story, but after looking through the front-end 
code, my guess is that it's just easier that way.  That is, when 
checking to see whether a particular type can be a compile-time array, 
it's easier to check against one type than against a set of types, or 
detect a set of type properties.  Also, since dynamic char[] already 
violates the purity of metaprogramming, I think that Walter didn't want 
to expand and encourage that without thinking very hard about it (it's 
easier to give people new features than to take them away).

Dave