default initialization of char arrays

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On Wednesday, 22 October 2025 at 20:52:36 UTC, monkyyy wrote:
> float[10] b = [0:42, 5: 3.14, 
> $:13.37];//[0,13.37,13.37,13.37,13.37,3.14,13.37...

This makes no sense to me, The first element in the array at 
index zero should be 42, not zero? Is this intentional or a typo?

I really do not like this syntax `$:13.37` because its 
inconsistent with slicing. `$` is the length of the array, Its 
nonsensical it looks like your trying to write 13.37 into the 
11th element of a 10 long array.

```D
import std : writeln;
void main()
{
     string foo = "hello";
     // This will be an out of bounds error.
     writeln(foo[$]);
     // This should also be an out of bounds error
     // Otherwise your adding a one off special meaning for `$`.
     float[10] bar = [$:4.14];

     // This will slice out the full array & print hello.
     writeln(foo[0..$]);
     // This will write 4.14 into the full array.
     // If you know how slicing works this should be intuitive.
     float[10] baz = [0..$:4.14];
}
```