On Monday, 11 November 2013 at 08:30:32 UTC, Manu wrote:

immutable string[string] priorityMap = [
"1" : "blocker",
"2" : "critical",
"3" : "critical",
"4" : "major",
"5" : "major",
"6" : "major",
"7" : "minor",
"8" : "minor",
"9" : "trivial" ];

main.d(56): Error: non-constant expression ["1":"blocker", "2":"critical",
"3":"critical", "4":"major", "5":"major", "6":"major", "7":"minor",
"8":"minor", "9":"trivial"]

This is tedious, how long has it been now?
Seriously, static map's are super-important, they should be able to be made
immutable, and also be able to be initialised.

Maybe this could be factored into the improvements for 2.065?

The workaround is simple at global scope, but I agree it clutters the code:

  immutable string[string] priorityMap;
  shared static this() {

      priorityMap = [
      "1" : "blocker",
      "2" : "critical",
      "3" : "critical",
      "4" : "major",
      "5" : "major",
      "6" : "major",
      "7" : "minor",
      "8" : "minor",
      "9" : "trivial" ];
  }