This code compiles fine with dmd 1.017, but not with dmd 2.002.

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struct Inner
{
   int value;
}

struct Outer {
   //const(Inner) i;  // this fixes it, but is not valid in D 1.0
   Inner i;
}

const Inner ic = { 5 };  // const or invariant here makes no difference

Outer outer = {
   i: ic      // line 14
   //i: { 5 }  // this is allowed
};
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c:\prog\test\D>dmd -c test
test.d(14): Error: non-constant expression cast(Inner)ic
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I'm wondering why 'const Inner ic = { 5 };' isn't considered const enough to be accepted as an initializer for outer.ic.  I'm trying to make this code work in D version 1 too, and since it's for an example, I'd like avoid any string mixins or other ugly workarounds.

torhu wrote:
> I'm wondering why 'const Inner ic = { 5 };' isn't considered const enough to be accepted as an initializer for outer.ic.  I'm trying to make this code work in D version 1 too, and since it's for an example, I'd like avoid any string mixins or other ugly workarounds.

I guess the real question is: is it a bug that ic isn't accepted as an initializer?