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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 10643] New: Refused const array struct field initialized with void

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           Summary: Refused const array struct field initialized with void
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: rejects-valid
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: bearophile_hugs eml.cc



class Bar {
    const int[1000] x = void;
    this(int n) {
        x[] = n;
    }
}
void main() {}



dmd 2.064alpha gives errors but I think the code is correct:

test.d(2): Warning: const field with initializer should be static, __gshared,
or an enum
test.d(4): Error: slice x[] is not mutable


There is also some discussion in this thread:

http://forum.dlang.org/thread/laxoykycmqqggbfqvobm forum.dlang.org

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parent d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10643


Maxim Fomin <maxim maxim-fomin.ru> changed:

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                 CC|                            |maxim maxim-fomin.ru



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From http://dlang.org/changelog.html#staticfields : "Eventually, they will be
deprecated, and then will trigger an error."

The issue is that void initializer does not disable initialization but fills
aggregate member with zero (it also fills data with zeros for types which .init
property is not zero). If you replace void with some number, the code would not
still compile, so this is not a specific to void. Also this fails in accordance
with change-log. 

I think this can be change to request to make void behavior to what it does for
local variables or request to update the spec, but in current circumstances
this issue is resolved-invalid.

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