On Tuesday, October 04, 2016 20:05:15 TheGag96 via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > I was writing some code today and ran into this oddity that I'd > never come across before: > > import std.algorithm : sort; > int[10] arr = [0, 3, 4, 6, 2, 1, 1, 4, 6, 9]; > thing.sort(); > > This doesn't compile. Obviously the .sort property works, but > what about static arrays makes them unable to be sorted by > std.algorithm.sort? Thanks.
The problem is that static arrays aren't ranges (calling popFront on them can't work, because their length isn't mutable). However, you can slice a static array to get a dynamic array which _is_ a range. e.g. thing[].sort(); Just make sure that such a dynamic array does not outlive the static array, or it will refer to invalid memory (which would not be a problem in this case). - Jonathan M Davis
