Re: [Vala] array declaration

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

 Should I open a bug? or there's somebody already looking at this issue?

On 07/07/10 23:07, Frederik wrote:
> Am 07.07.2010 18:33, Harry Van Haaren wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > Coming from a C++ background I first tried   typeHere  nameHere[];  too.
> > I noticed that newer languages seemed to have   type[]  name; configuration
> > (Java, C# etc).
> Vala supports two types of arrays:
>
> 1) dynamically heap-allocated arrays:
>
> Vala, Java, C#: int[] a = new int[5];
> C++: int* a = new int[5];
> C: int* a = malloc (5 * sizeof (int));
>
>
> 2) inline/stack-allocated fixed-size arrays:
>
> Vala: int a[5];
> C++: int a[5];
> C: int a[5];
> Java: not supported
> C#: unsafe { int* a = stackalloc int[5]; }
>
>
> @pancake: 'new' combined with the latter type of array does not make
> sense, since the 'new' keyword stands for dynamic alloation on the
> heap. The Vala compiler should refuse to compile something like
> 'int a[] = new int[5]'. So it's obviously a bug.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Frederik
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