T[new] misgivings

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Rainer Deyke wrote:
> 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?

My point exactly.

Andrei