Cannot initialize enum with class or pointer to struct.

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Max Samukha reported this on 2013-12-06T12:57:55Z

Transferred from https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11697

Description

class A
{
	int x = 1;
}

enum a = new A;
static assert(a.x == 1);

Error: Unable to initialize enum with class or pointer to struct. Use static const variable instead.


The limitation is annoying as it has to be sidestepped by wrapping the reference in a struct. Compiles:

struct S
{
    A a;
}

enum s = S(new A);
static assert(s.a.x == 1);