Re: cannot alias array ;/

[Jot via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 19 January 2017 at 12:50:06 UTC, John Colvin wrote:

On Thursday, 19 January 2017 at 07:48:03 UTC, Jot wrote:

alias a = myarray[k];

fails

myarray is a multidimensial array that I want to reduce writing it every time but D complains that it can't alias it.

I simply want it to do a direct substitution, nothing fancy, just to reducing typing.

Simplest solution, has brackets that you may not like:

void main()
{
        int[][] a = [[1]];
        size_t k = 0;
        ref foo() { return a[k]; };
        foo() = [3];
        assert(a == [[3]]);
}

I just use a pointer and dereference ;/