Re: [Vala] Can fixed-size arrays be initialized?

[Graham Whelan <gawhelan gmail com>]

On 3 March 2011 15:57, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail 3v1n0 net> wrote:
> Il giorno gio, 03/03/2011 alle 16.54 +0100, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ha
> scritto:
> > Il giorno mer, 02/03/2011 alle 20.33 +0000, Graham Whelan ha scritto:
> > > int main (string[] args) {
> > >         int a[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
> > >         return 0;
> > > }
> >
> > You should use:
> >       int[] a = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
>
> Sorry I forgot const... The array should be set as constant:
>        const int[] a = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
> So the generated C code will be:
>        static const gint a[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

I understand that Vala provides that syntax for declaring dynamic
arrays but I thought it also supported the normal C syntax for
fixed-size arrays. However the Vala compiler doesn't seem to handle
non-const fixed-size array initialization.

dynamic array syntax:
const int[] a = {1, 2, 3}; /* compiles*/
int[] a = {1, 2, 3};       /* compiles */

fixed-size array syntax:
const a[] = {1, 2, 3};     /* compiles */
int a[] = {1, 2, 3};       /* does not compile */