Array literals

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

bearophile wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>> Yah Walter does plan to make "string literals" dynamically-sized by
>>  default, but fixed-sized on demand (if you specify the appropriate
>>  receiver type, which in turn asks the T[auto] question). In
>> related news, he wants to legitimize statically-typed arrays by
>> making them true value types.
> 
> Good. But why not make all array literals dynamically-sized by
> default , but fixed-sized on demand? Isn't that more symmetric (so
> the D programmer has to remember less special cased rules == simpler
> language)?

I agree. Walter didn't like that though, but I don't remember his 
argument. I'll defer to him.

Andrei