Re: [Vala] array declaration

[Bob Hazard <linuxoflondon googlemail com>]

Thanks Frederik that explains why you can't pass a fixed size array as
a parameter.

> 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.