On Sunday, 3 November 2024 at 19:00:33 UTC, DLearner wrote:
However, the docs say dynamic arrays are not allowed with
betterC, and 'string' implies a dynamic array.
So I expected DMD to complain that my code was invalid.
Any ideas?
The docs are wrong. Dynamic arrays themselves are allowed; you're
just not allowed to perform any *operations* on them that would
cause memory allocation.
This includes, for example,
- concatenating two dynamic arrays with the `~` operator.
- appending to a dynamic array with the `~=` operator.
- extending a dynamic array by assigning to its `.length`
property.
- copying a dynamic array using the built-in `.dup` method.
