Arrays, garbage collection

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 1/30/15 1:29 AM, Foo wrote:
>
> @nogc
> @safe
> T[n] s(T = Args[0], size_t n = Args.length, Args...)(auto ref Args args)
> pure nothrow {
>      return [args];
> }
>
> @nogc
> @safe
> T[n] s(T, size_t n)(auto ref T[n] values) pure nothrow {
>      return values;
> }
>
> void main() {
>      pragma(msg, typeof(s(1, 2, 3)));
>      pragma(msg, typeof([1, 2, 3].s));
> }
> ----
>
> Compilation output:
> int[3]
> int[3]
>
> You only have to type a dot between the array and the 's'.
> Because of pure and nothrow and the low cost of the function call even
> such a lousy thing like the DMD optimizer should be capable of inlining
> such a function every time.

Thanks for this code, it's a lot nicer and simpler than mine. -- Andrei