Re: [Vala] Array as generic type not allowed? Can't ArrayList<string[]>

[Just Fill Bugs <mozbugbox yahoo com au>]

于 08/31/2012 06:52 PM, Luca Bruno 写道:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Just Fill Bugs <mozbugbox yahoo com au>wrote:
>
> > I tried to create a list of string[] but it's not allowed on vala version
> > 0.16.1.
> >
> > using Gee;
> > void main() {
> >      var strings_list = new ArrayList<string[]>();
> > }
> >
> > gives:
> > error: `string[]' is not a supported generic type argument, use `?' to box
> > value types
> >
> > And adding "?" still give the same error.
> >
> > Should generic support array as a type? Is it a bug?
>
> It's not a bug, it's intentionally not supported as said by the compiler.
> You can either create a class to encapsulate your array, or use other data
> structures such as GLib.GenericArray or Gee.ArrayList and so on.

But array was represented as pointer, hence fit into a pointer. Isn't 
the requirement for generic type is fitting into a pointer size?