This should work as :

class Test : Object {
	const int MAXSIZE = 1024;
	public static void main(){
		var array = new int[MAXSIZE];
		stdout.printf("array has %d elements\n", array.length);
	}
}

(In reply to comment #1)
> This should work as :
> 
> class Test : Object {
>     const int MAXSIZE = 1024;
>     public static void main(){
>         var array = new int[MAXSIZE];
>         stdout.printf("array has %d elements\n", array.length);
>     }
> }

Yes, but this isn't what I want. Your example creates a variable-size array which is allocated on the heap. I want a fixed-size array allocated on the stack (if used as a local variable) or in-line allocated (if used as a field in a struct or a class). See also: https://live.gnome.org/Vala/Tutorial#Arrays

I will attach a new example which may make this more clear. A real world example of the problem can be found here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/tree/vala/libpulse.vapi?id=97da92d894c2a29bc3ccf60dc904e4099b30f47e#n378

Best regards

Alexander Kurtz

Created attachment 247649 [details]
Demo.vala

This problem still exists in Vala 0.20:

$ cat Demo.vala 
const int LENGTH = 32;

public struct Demo {
	int array[LENGTH];
}

public static int main(string[] argv){
	Demo demo = Demo();
	stdout.printf("Array length is %d\n", demo.array.length);
	return 0;
}
$ valac --version
Vala 0.20.1
$ valac Demo.vala 
Demo.vala:4.12-4.17: error: syntax error, expected `]' or integer literal
	int array[LENGTH];
	          ^^^^^^
Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
$ 

Best regards

Alexander Kurtz

Using Vala 0.30.1 this is still broken :(

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