Created attachment 210516 [details]
ValaDemo.vala

Hi,

the Vala Reference Manual says[0] that "Reference types include [...] array types", however Vala still seems to copy arrays on assignment:

	$ cat ValaDemo.vala 
	class ValaDemo {
		public static void main(string[] args){
			int[] array1 = new int[10];
			int[] array2 = array1;
			array2[0] = 42;
			stdout.printf("%d\n", array1[0]);
		}
	}
	$ valac-0.16 --version
	Vala 0.15.2
	$ valac-0.16 --save-temps ValaDemo.vala 
	$ ./ValaDemo 
	0
	$ 

Please note that the program prints "0" instead of "42" which I would have expected. I have attached the Vala source code and the generated C code. I have also attached corresponding Java and C programs which all work as
expected.

Best regards

Alexander Kurtz

[0] http://www.vala-project.org/doc/vala-draft/types.html