C++ still doesn't have good loop syntax

[Kapendev]

On Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 19:36:47 UTC, user1234 wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 19:23:50 UTC, Kapendev wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 19:06:50 UTC, user1234 wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 17:02:10 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
>>> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> IMO that's a workaround. Imagine that array literals are 
>>> static arrays by default, then no problem. Eventually you can 
>>> turn them into dynamic arrays using implicit convertion / 
>>> type inference. However truth is that D cannot change such a 
>>> thing given its age.
>>
>> The other solution I can think of that Nim is doing something 
>> like this:
>> ```d
>> auto static_array = $[1, 2, 3]; // int[3]
>> ```
>>
>> You can replace the `$` with any character, not important.
>
> Yes sure, in the great tradition of D we could also imagine a 
> DotExp property, i.e
>
> ```d
> auto static_array = [1, 2, 3].staticarrayof;
> ```
>
> 🙃

This one is OK too, just paying for a template there.
The good thing about it is that it's not a language change.
Now, the choice between what `[item1, item2]` should be by 
default is not important in my opinion, but I get it being weird 
or annoying for some.