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yebblies <yebblies@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from yebblies <yebblies@gmail.com> ---
That's not an array literal, that's either an array initializer or an associative array literal, depending on context.  You can't use an array initializer except when initializing a variable.

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--- Comment #2 from bearophile_hugs@eml.cc ---
(In reply to yebblies from comment #1)
> That's not an array literal, that's either an array initializer or an associative array literal, depending on context.  You can't use an array initializer except when initializing a variable.

I see. So is this request INVALID and to be closed?

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--- Comment #3 from yebblies <yebblies@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to bearophile_hugs from comment #2)
> (In reply to yebblies from comment #1)
> > That's not an array literal, that's either an array initializer or an associative array literal, depending on context.  You can't use an array initializer except when initializing a variable.
> 
> I see. So is this request INVALID and to be closed?

Either that or turn it into an enhancement to allow array initializers to be used in any array-accepting context instead of just assignment.

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--- Comment #4 from yebblies <yebblies@gmail.com> ---
If this was implemented, this call would become ambiguous.

void foo(int[1]) {}
void foo(int[int]) {}

void main()
{
    foo([0 : 1]);
}

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bearophile_hugs@eml.cc changed:

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--- Comment #5 from bearophile_hugs@eml.cc ---
(In reply to yebblies from comment #4)

> If this was implemented, this call would become ambiguous.
> 
> void foo(int[1]) {}
> void foo(int[int]) {}
> 
> void main()
> {
>     foo([0 : 1]);
> }

Right. And adding more ambiguous code to D is not a good idea.

Walter doesn't seem in a rush to find a fix for my Issue 4703 that is almost four years old. If some kind of fix for issue 4703 is ever found and accepted, then this enhancement request becomes acceptable.

So I tag this as enhancement request that depends on Issue 4703 .

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Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from dlangBugzillaToGithub <robert.schadek@posteo.de> ---
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/issues/18829

DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB

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