Is there any shortcut way to create an array and insert a single element (one line only)?

Instead of this:
    Object object;
    Object[] array;
    array ~= object;

I wanna write something like this:
    Object object;
    Object[] array = cast(Object[]) object;

Thanks
-- 
Miguel Ferreira Simoes

In article <csrm93$ofa$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Miguel Ferreira Simões says...
>
>Is there any shortcut way to create an array and insert a single element (one line only)?
>
>Instead of this:
>    Object object;
>    Object[] array;
>    array ~= object;
>
>I wanna write something like this:
>    Object object;
>    Object[] array = cast(Object[]) object;
>
>Thanks
>-- 
>Miguel Ferreira Simoes
>
>

You can do something like this:

# array = (&object)[0..1];

In article <csrm93$ofa$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Miguel Ferreira Simões says...
>
>Is there any shortcut way to create an array and insert a single element (one line only)?
>
>Instead of this:
>    Object object;
>    Object[] array;
>    array ~= object;
>
>I wanna write something like this:
>    Object object;
>    Object[] array = cast(Object[]) object;
>
>Thanks
>-- 
>Miguel Ferreira Simoes
>
>

I may be mistaken, but there appears to be no way to do this. :\ I've tried, and
pointer manipulations of any kind seem to be forbidden by the language.
(Ie. trying to set *(array[].ptr) = object causes runtime errors.) If this was
allowed though... I can think of several ways to do it.

In article <csrndk$q21$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Kris says...
>
>In article <csrm93$ofa$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Miguel Ferreira Simões says...
>>
>>Is there any shortcut way to create an array and insert a single element (one line only)?
>>
>>Instead of this:
>>    Object object;
>>    Object[] array;
>>    array ~= object;
>>
>>I wanna write something like this:
>>    Object object;
>>    Object[] array = cast(Object[]) object;
>>
>>Thanks
>>-- 
>>Miguel Ferreira Simoes
>>
>>
>
>You can do something like this:
>
># array = (&object)[0..1];
>
>
That causes an Access Violation :\

In article <csrnrt$qkl$1@digitaldaemon.com>, BreMac says...
>
>># array = (&object)[0..1];
>>
>>
>That causes an Access Violation :\

It certainly will if 'object' is null at the time :-)

In article <csrp44$s3q$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Kris says...
>
>In article <csrnrt$qkl$1@digitaldaemon.com>, BreMac says...
>>
>>># array = (&object)[0..1];
>>>
>>>
>>That causes an Access Violation :\
>
>It certainly will if 'object' is null at the time :-)
>
>
Well, it is initialized... Must be just my compiler (dmd .110).

Thanks!

In article <csrm93$ofa$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Miguel Ferreira Simões says...
>
>Is there any shortcut way to create an array and insert a single element (one line only)?
>
>Instead of this:
>    Object object;
>    Object[] array;
>    array ~= object;
>
>I wanna write something like this:
>    Object object;
>    Object[] array = cast(Object[]) object;
>
>Thanks
>-- 
>Miguel Ferreira Simoes
>
>

The simplest solution would be array literals, which Walter has stated will come into D in the future -- /hopefully/ before the 1.0 as I consider them an (nearly anyhow) essential tool.  Once we have them, you would do something like this:

#
#  Object object = new Object;
#  Object[] array = [object];
#

-- Chris Sauls

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:36:21 +0000 (UTC), Kris <Kris_member@pathlink.com> wrote:

> In article <csrnrt$qkl$1@digitaldaemon.com>, BreMac says...
>>
>>> # array = (&object)[0..1];
>>>
>>>
>> That causes an Access Violation :\
>
> It certainly will if 'object' is null at the time :-)
>
>

It can be null. The issue is if object goes out of scope when still using array. To be safe, use array = (&object)[0..1].dup;