On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 15:40:35 UTC, Nick Treleaven
wrote:
On Tuesday, 12 January 2021 at 17:27:50 UTC, Q. Schroll wrote:
On Monday, 11 January 2021 at 21:17:20 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
Gotcha. I think I would use that more than the current DIP
(though I prefer [1]s to [1]$).
You can do it today if you don't mind putting the marker in
front: https://run.dlang.io/is/E6ne4k (Its operator abuse.
What would you expect?)
Cool. I'd call it F for fixed size array, `F[e1,e2]`.
[rant]
Calling T[n] an array is correct and useful. In my opinion,
calling T[] an array is wrong, not even imprecise, plain wrong.
It's a slice: a typed part of memory that may overlap with arrays
and other slices, potentially even typed differently. "Array"
gives one, at least it gives me, a wrong impression how the
object behaves. Have you seen overlapping "arrays" in any other
language? I have not.
Calling T[] an array (sometimes) is the biggest didactic mistake
the D community makes. That way, it is unnecessarily hard to
learn the concept for anyone who already has an idea what an
array is.
[/rant]
