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Function rt.lifetime._d_arrayliteralTX

Allocate an array literal

extern(C) void* _d_arrayliteralTX (
  const(TypeInfo) ti,
  ulong length
);

Rely on the caller to do the initialization of the array.

int[] getArr()
{
    return [10, 20];
    // auto res = cast(int*) _d_arrayliteralTX(typeid(int[]), 2);
    // res[0] = 10;
    // res[1] = 20;
    // return res[0..2];
}

Parameters

NameDescription
ti TypeInfo of resulting array type
length .length of array literal

Returns

pointer to allocated array

Authors

Walter Bright, Sean Kelly, Steven Schveighoffer

License

Distributed under the Boost Software License 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE)