http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2075

           Summary: Spec does not specify how array literals are stored.
           Product: D
           Version: 1.029
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: spec
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: tomas@famolsen.dk


It seems DMD currently allocates all array literals on the GC heap. The spec however does not state that this is the required behaviour, and frankly I think it's a bad idea not being able to get a stack array without instead declaring a static array temporary explicitly.


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------- Comment #1 from tomas@famolsen.dk  2008-05-06 15:04 -------
Code to see for yourself:

extern(C) int printf(char*, ...);

int[] func()
{
    int[] arr = [1,2,3];
    return arr;
}

void main()
{
    int stack;
    int[] arr = func();
    printf("%d %d %d\n", arr[0], arr[1], arr[2]);
    printf("stack: %p\nwhere? %p\n", &stack, arr.ptr);
    int[] arr2 = [1,2,3,4,5];
    printf("where? %p\n", arr2.ptr);
}


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bugzilla@digitalmars.com changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED




------- Comment #2 from bugzilla@digitalmars.com  2008-05-22 05:05 -------
Fixed dmd 1.030 and 2.014


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brunodomedeiros+bugz@gmail.com changed:

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                 CC|                            |brunodomedeiros+bugz@gmail.c
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------- Comment #3 from brunodomedeiros+bugz@gmail.com  2008-05-28 16:13 -------
It might also be good to state that each array literal evaluation causes a new array to be allocated. (Unlike string literals for example)


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