• Tydr Schnubbis (14/14) May 01 2006 If I've got this array:
• Jarrett Billingsley (4/6) May 01 2006 They simply don't exist in D. Nor do array initializers for any kind of...
• Stewart Gordon (19/27) May 02 2006

Tydr Schnubbis <fake address.dude> writes:

If I've got this array:

char[][][char[]] arr;

and want to initialize it, what do I do?  I couldn't make the 
initializer syntax work, I tried this:

arr = [["key1"]: ["one", "two"]];

Then I resorted to this:

static this() {
     arr["key1"] = split("one two");
}

And that works, but doesn't strike me as particularly obvious or 
practical.  It's a lot like the string list initializer trick I often 
use in python code.

Have I overlooked something here? Or maybe static initializers just 
aren't the right way to go for hashes?

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"Tydr Schnubbis" <fake address.dude> wrote in message 
news:e35k35$50a$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Have I overlooked something here? Or maybe static initializers just aren't 
 the right way to go for hashes?

They simply don't exist in D.  Nor do array initializers for any kind of 
non-static arrays.  Except character arrays.  They get special treatment. 

Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:

Tydr Schnubbis wrote:
 If I've got this array:
 
 char[][][char[]] arr;
 
 and want to initialize it, what do I do?  I couldn't make the 
 initializer syntax work, I tried this:
 
 arr = [["key1"]: ["one", "two"]];

<snip>

Problem 1: That isn't an initialiser.  An initialiser is what follows 
the '=' in a _declaration_.

Problem 2: You've declared the key type as char[].  But you're trying to 
use a char[][] as the key.

Problem 3: D doesn't currently support initialisers for AAs.  Don't ask 
me why - I guess Walter just hasn't got round to putting it in.  But 
implementing the facility would at least enable this to work:

     char[][][char[]] arr = ["key1": ["one", "two"]];

Stewart.

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