• d-bugmail puremagic.com (31/31) Sep 30 2022 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23381

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23381

          Issue ID: 23381
           Summary: null/init are not accepted as initializers of a
                    zero-sized static array
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody puremagic.com
          Reporter: maxsamukha gmail.com

int[0] a = []; // ok
int[0] a1 = null; // fail
int[0] a2 = (int[]).init; // fail

void main()
{
}

onlineapp.d(2): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression `null` of type
`typeof(null)` to `int[0]`
onlineapp.d(3): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression `null` of type
`int[]` to `int[0]`

Accepted in function scopes:

void main()
{
    int[0] a1 = null; // ok
    int[0] a2 = (int[]).init; // ok
}

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