digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 18611] New: struct initializer works for dynamic arrays but
- d-bugmail puremagic.com (36/36) Mar 14 2018 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18611
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18611 Issue ID: 18611 Summary: struct initializer works for dynamic arrays but not associative arrays Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P1 Component: dmd Assignee: nobody puremagic.com Reporter: andre s-e-a-p.de Although the coding in the dmd looks almost identical for dynamic arrays and associative arrays, following example works only for dynamic arrays. https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/src/dmd/initsem.d#L634 struct Bar { string s; } struct Foo { Bar[string] asso; Bar[] arr; } void main() { Foo foo = { arr: [{s: "123"}], asso: ["0": {s: "123"}] // not an associative array initializer }; } Although there is an DIP, this might be more a bug fix, as it works well for dynamic arrays. Providing the same support for associative arrays seems natural --
Mar 14 2018