• ed (21/21) Mar 14 2014 Hi All,
• bearophile (5/11) Mar 14 2014 That looks like a compiler bug. You are supposed to use a cast to
• ed (2/13) Mar 14 2014 OK, thanks I'll file it.

"ed" <growlercab gmail.com> writes:

Hi All,

I would expect both blocks of code below to behave in the same 
manner but they don't.

---
void main()
{
     int[] a = [1,2,3,4];
     int[2][2] b = a; // fine, does an array copy
}
---
void main()
{
     int[] a=[1,2,3,4];
     int[2][2] b;
     b = a; // compile time error
}
---

Is it a bug or by design?
(and if by design why?)

Cheers,
ed

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

ed:

 void main()
 {
     int[] a = [1,2,3,4];
     int[2][2] b = a; // fine, does an array copy
 }

 Is it a bug or by design?

That looks like a compiler bug. You are supposed to use a cast to 
do an assignment like that.

Bye,
bearophile

"ed" <growlercab gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 14 March 2014 at 23:10:57 UTC, bearophile wrote:
 ed:

 void main()
 {
    int[] a = [1,2,3,4];
    int[2][2] b = a; // fine, does an array copy
 }

 Is it a bug or by design?

 That looks like a compiler bug. You are supposed to use a cast 
 to do an assignment like that.

 Bye,
 bearophile

OK, thanks I'll file it.