compile-time variables?

[BCS]

Reply to David,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> Reply to David,
>> [...]
>>> 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).
>> How is that? If everthing in meta land is pass by value (including
>> strings) how are arrays any different than normal types?
>> 
> How about the fact that resizing implies a dynamic allocation?
> 
> Dave
> 

the closest you can get to resize in meta land is "~" and that /is/ allowed 
for strings.

| template Foo(char[] str)
| {
|   const char[] Foo = \" ~ str ~ \"
| }

what specific problems exist for non char arrays that don't exist for char 
arrays?