On Sunday, November 18, 2012 21:06:58 Tyro[17] wrote: > On 11/18/12 8:14 PM, bearophile wrote: > >> Why is no one complaining about this array allocation syntax? > > > > A syntax I like is: > > > > new double[][3][](N, M) > > Why not simply allow new double[N][3][M]; ? > Seems a lot more intuitive/succinct than a separate []() implementation.
Because that declares a dynamic array of static arrays. You'd end up with a dynamic array of length N containing static arrays of length 3 containing static arrays of length M. The fact that you can declare dynamic arrays of static arrays screws with the syntax for declaring multidimensional arrays pretty thoroughly. - Jonathan M Davis
