Re: Auto-conversion in array literals?

[Timon Gehr]

On 06/12/2012 12:55 AM, bearophile wrote:

This is valid Scala code:

object Main {
 def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
 val a: List[BigInt] = List(1, BigInt(2))
 }
}


Is it possible/meaningful to support/allow D code like this?

import std.bigint;
void main() {
 BigInt[] a = [1, BigInt(2)];
}

Bye,
bearophile


Making it work would require a way to specify an implicit conversion 
from int to BigInt.

Auto-conversion in array literals?

[bearophile]

This is valid Scala code:

object Main {
def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
val a: List[BigInt] = List(1, BigInt(2))
}
}


Is it possible/meaningful to support/allow D code like this?

import std.bigint;
void main() {
BigInt[] a = [1, BigInt(2)];
}

Bye,
bearophile