"bearophile" <bearophileh...@lycos.com> wrote in message news:j8eflp$q3o$1...@digitalmars.com... > What do you think about a rewrite rule that changes code like: > > int[int] aa = [1:2, 3:4]; > void main() {} > > > Into: > > int[int] aa; > static this() { > aa = [1:2, 3:4]; > } > void main() {} >
You generally need to be very careful about adding module/static ctors, because they can easily lead to the dreaded circular ctor runtime error. So as nice as it would be to use AA initializers at the module-level, this carries a hidden danger which could be a royal PITA to debug (especially for D newbies), so I don't think it's a good thing to do.
