• Pavel Minayev (12/12) Nov 20 2001 I wonder if [] thingie coukd be used not only to initialize
• Walter (3/15) Nov 20 2001 Array literals are a good idea, and will likely get implemented. -Walter

"Pavel Minayev" <evilone omen.ru> writes:

I wonder if [] thingie coukd be used not only to initialize
arrays, but to create them on the fly as well? Like
that:

    int min(int[]);
    ...
    min([1, x, 10]);

Since it would be a dynamic array, it gets collected
by the GC so no memory leaks. Since the same thing
works for strings, why not for generic arrays:

    // pretty much the same
    s = "generated";
    strlen("dynamically " + s + " string");

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

Array literals are a good idea, and will likely get implemented. -Walter

"Pavel Minayev" <evilone omen.ru> wrote in message
news:9tduir$jrk$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I wonder if [] thingie coukd be used not only to initialize
 arrays, but to create them on the fly as well? Like
 that:

     int min(int[]);
     ...
     min([1, x, 10]);

 Since it would be a dynamic array, it gets collected
 by the GC so no memory leaks. Since the same thing
 works for strings, why not for generic arrays:

     // pretty much the same
     s = "generated";
     strlen("dynamically " + s + " string");