T[new] misgivings

[Rainer Deyke]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Then your argument building on similarity between the two is weakened.
> 
> T[new] a;
> T[] b;
> ....
> a = [1, 2, 3];
> b = [1, 2, 3];
> 
> Central to your argument was that the two must do the same thing. Since
> now literals are in a whole new league (they aren't slices because
> slices can't be assigned to arrays), the cornerstone of your argument
> goes away.

Actually [1, 2, 3] looks more like an array than a slice to me.  Arrays
can be assigned to slices, no?


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