Re: Why are static arrays not ranges?

[Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 21 September 2015 at 20:33:10 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote:
import std.range;
void main() {
    int[6] a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];

    pragma(msg, isInputRange!(typeof(a)));
    pragma(msg, isForwardRange!(typeof(a)));
    pragma(msg, isRandomAccessRange!(typeof(a)));
}

$ dmd -run test.d
false
false
false

That's ridiculous. Do I have to wrap my static arrays in 
structs to get range primitives?

Is there an actual reason for this?

A static array has a constant length, so it is not possible to 
popFront on a static array.

Making a dynamic array from it is easy, just slice it with []:

     pragma(msg, isInputRange!(typeof(a[])));
     pragma(msg, isForwardRange!(typeof(a[])));
     pragma(msg, isRandomAccessRange!(typeof(a[])));