diff --git a/src/core/bitop.d b/src/core/bitop.d
index 81db5945961..16c03689d90 100644
--- a/src/core/bitop.d
+++ b/src/core/bitop.d
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int bt(in size_t* p, size_t bitnum) pure @system
 ///
 @system pure unittest
 {
-    size_t array[2];
+    size_t[2] array;
 
     array[0] = 2;
     array[1] = 0x100;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int bts(size_t* p, size_t bitnum) pure @system;
 ///
 @system pure unittest
 {
-    size_t array[2];
+    size_t[2] array;
 
     array[0] = 2;
     array[1] = 0x100;
diff --git a/src/core/demangle.d b/src/core/demangle.d
index 3fc4b69f8d7..f9ad3ba75f4 100644
--- a/src/core/demangle.d
+++ b/src/core/demangle.d
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ private struct Demangle
 
     char[] putAsHex( size_t val, int width = 0 )
     {
-        char tmp[20];
+        char[20] tmp;
         int  pos = tmp.length;
 
         while( val )
diff --git a/src/core/stdc/stdio.d b/src/core/stdc/stdio.d
index 4a48aa014b9..965d7c29407 100644
--- a/src/core/stdc/stdio.d
+++ b/src/core/stdc/stdio.d
@@ -844,9 +844,9 @@ version(CRuntime_DigitalMars)
     private enum _MAX_SEMAPHORES = 10 + _NFILE;
     private enum _semIO = 3;
 
-    private extern __gshared short _iSemLockCtrs[_MAX_SEMAPHORES];
-    private extern __gshared int _iSemThreadIds[_MAX_SEMAPHORES];
-    private extern __gshared int _iSemNestCount[_MAX_SEMAPHORES];
+    private extern __gshared short[_MAX_SEMAPHORES] _iSemLockCtrs;
+    private extern __gshared int[_MAX_SEMAPHORES] _iSemThreadIds;
+    private extern __gshared int[_MAX_SEMAPHORES] _iSemNestCount;
     private extern __gshared HANDLE[_NFILE] _osfhnd;
     private extern __gshared ubyte[_NFILE] __fhnd_info;
 
diff --git a/src/core/sys/freebsd/dlfcn.d b/src/core/sys/freebsd/dlfcn.d
index ad59625226d..24a563bca3f 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/freebsd/dlfcn.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/freebsd/dlfcn.d
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static if (__BSD_VISIBLE)
     struct Dl_serinfo {
         size_t          dls_size;       /* total buffer size */
         uint            dls_cnt;        /* number of path entries */
-        Dl_serpath      dls_serpath[1]; /* there may be more than one */
+        Dl_serpath[1]   dls_serpath;    /* there may be more than one */
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf32.d b/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf32.d
index 29b8ae60730..4a55a0c001c 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf32.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf32.d
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ alias Elf32_Sword Elf32_Ssize;
 
 struct Elf32_Ehdr
 {
-    char e_ident[EI_NIDENT];
+    char[EI_NIDENT] e_ident;
     Elf32_Half    e_type;
     Elf32_Half    e_machine;
     Elf32_Word    e_version;
diff --git a/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf64.d b/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf64.d
index 815951b16f3..d3c189ebd60 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf64.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/freebsd/sys/elf64.d
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ alias Elf64_Sxword Elf64_Ssize;
 
 struct Elf64_Ehdr
 {
-    char e_ident[EI_NIDENT];
+    char[EI_NIDENT] e_ident;
     Elf64_Half    e_type;
     Elf64_Half    e_machine;
     Elf64_Word    e_version;
diff --git a/src/core/sys/linux/elf.d b/src/core/sys/linux/elf.d
index 81bcfafa6ff..2dd7068d196 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/linux/elf.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/linux/elf.d
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ enum EI_NIDENT = 16;
 
 struct Elf32_Ehdr
 {
-    char e_ident[EI_NIDENT];
+    char[EI_NIDENT] e_ident;
     Elf32_Half    e_type;
     Elf32_Half    e_machine;
     Elf32_Word    e_version;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct Elf32_Ehdr
 
 struct Elf64_Ehdr
 {
-    char e_ident[EI_NIDENT];
+    char[EI_NIDENT] e_ident;
     Elf64_Half    e_type;
     Elf64_Half    e_machine;
     Elf64_Word    e_version;
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ union Elf32_gptab
 struct Elf32_RegInfo
 {
     Elf32_Word ri_gprmask;
-    Elf32_Word ri_cprmask[4];
+    Elf32_Word[4] ri_cprmask;
     Elf32_Sword ri_gp_value;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/setjmp.d b/src/core/sys/posix/setjmp.d
index 85ff602a6ea..05182153825 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/setjmp.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/setjmp.d
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ version( linux )
             {
                 void * __pc;
                 void * __sp;
-                int __regs[8];
+                int[8] __regs;
                 void * __fp;
                 void * __gp;
             }
@@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ version( linux )
             {
                 long __pc;
                 long __sp;
-                long __regs[8];
+                long[8] __regs;
                 long __fp;
                 long __gp;
             }
             int __fpc_csr;
             version (MIPS_N64)
-                double __fpregs[8];
+                double[8] __fpregs;
             else
-                double __fpregs[6];
+                double[6] __fpregs;
         }
     }
     else version (MIPS64)
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ version( linux )
         {
             long __pc;
             long __sp;
-            long __regs[8];
+            long[8] __regs;
             long __fp;
             long __gp;
             int __fpc_csr;
             version (MIPS_N64)
-                double __fpregs[8];
+                double[8] __fpregs;
             else
-                double __fpregs[6];
+                double[6] __fpregs;
         }
     }
     else
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/signal.d b/src/core/sys/posix/signal.d
index d8268c49f84..52249379101 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/signal.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/signal.d
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ version( linux )
 
         union _sifields_t
         {
-            int _pad[__SI_PAD_SIZE];
+            int[__SI_PAD_SIZE] _pad;
 
             // kill()
             struct _kill_t
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ else version( OSX )
         void*   si_addr;
         sigval  si_value;
         int     si_band;
-        uint    pad[7];
+        uint[7] pad;
     }
 
     enum SI_USER    = 0x10001;
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ else version( FreeBSD )
 {
     struct sigset_t
     {
-        uint __bits[4];
+        uint[4] __bits;
     }
 
     struct siginfo_t
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ else version (Solaris)
 
     struct sigset_t
     {
-        uint __bits[4];
+        uint[4] __bits;
     }
 
     struct siginfo_t
@@ -831,9 +831,9 @@ else version (Solaris)
         union ___data
         {
             version (D_LP64)
-                int si_pad[(256 / int.sizeof) - 4];
+                int[(256 / int.sizeof) - 4] si_pad;
             else
-                int si_pad[(128 / int.sizeof) - 3];
+                int[(128 / int.sizeof) - 3] si_pad;
 
             struct ___proc
             {
@@ -890,8 +890,8 @@ else version (Solaris)
                 short __syscall;
                 char __nsysarg;
                 char __fault;
-                c_long __sysarg[8];
-                int __mstate[10];
+                c_long[8] __sysarg;
+                int[10] __mstate;
             }
 
             ___prof __prof;
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/select.d b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/select.d
index 03157b69e56..15ea2b07c39 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/select.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/select.d
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ else version( FreeBSD )
 
     struct fd_set
     {
-        __fd_mask __fds_bits[(FD_SETSIZE + (_NFDBITS - 1)) / _NFDBITS];
+        __fd_mask[(FD_SETSIZE + (_NFDBITS - 1)) / _NFDBITS] __fds_bits;
     }
 
     extern (D) __fd_mask __fdset_mask(uint n)
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/stat.d b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/stat.d
index 43f07e3a035..f63338de6b7 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/stat.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/stat.d
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ version( linux )
                 time_t      st_ctime;
                 ulong_t     st_ctimensec;
             }
-            slong_t     __unused[3];
+            slong_t[3]     __unused;
         }
     }
     else version (MIPS_O32)
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ else version( OSX )
         uint        st_flags;
         uint        st_gen;
         int         st_lspare;
-        long        st_qspare[2];
+        long[2]     st_qspare;
     }
 
     enum S_IRUSR    = 0x100;  // octal 0400
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/statvfs.d b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/statvfs.d
index 98565a5e70f..4266fcea065 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/statvfs.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/statvfs.d
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ version(linux) {
         }
         c_ulong f_flag;
         c_ulong f_namemax;
-        int __f_spare[6];
+        int[6] __f_spare;
     }
     /* Definitions for the flag in `f_flag'.  These definitions should be
       kept in sync with the definitions in <sys/mount.h>.  */
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/types.d b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/types.d
index 74edaec0a82..9a0595c88f3 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/types.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/types.d
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ version (linux)
 
     union pthread_attr_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_ATTR_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_ATTR_T] __size;
         c_long __align;
     }
 
@@ -493,13 +493,13 @@ version (linux)
 
     union pthread_cond_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_COND_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_COND_T] __size;
         long  __align;
     }
 
     union pthread_condattr_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_CONDATTR_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_CONDATTR_T] __size;
         int __align;
     }
 
@@ -507,13 +507,13 @@ version (linux)
 
     union pthread_mutex_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_MUTEX_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_MUTEX_T] __size;
         c_long __align;
     }
 
     union pthread_mutexattr_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_T] __size;
         int __align;
     }
 
@@ -521,13 +521,13 @@ version (linux)
 
     struct pthread_rwlock_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_RWLOCK_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_RWLOCK_T] __size;
         c_long __align;
     }
 
     struct pthread_rwlockattr_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_RWLOCKATTR_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_RWLOCKATTR_T] __size;
         c_long __align;
     }
 
@@ -797,13 +797,13 @@ version( linux )
 {
     struct pthread_barrier_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_BARRIER_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_BARRIER_T] __size;
         c_long __align;
     }
 
     struct pthread_barrierattr_t
     {
-        byte __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_BARRIERATTR_T];
+        byte[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_BARRIERATTR_T] __size;
         int __align;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/utsname.d b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/utsname.d
index 2f13b21df37..2a5f28d4603 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/sys/utsname.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/sys/utsname.d
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ extern (C)
 
         struct utsname
         {
-            char sysname[utsNameLength];
-            char nodename[utsNameLength];
-            char release[utsNameLength];
+            char[utsNameLength] sysname;
+            char[utsNameLength] nodename;
+            char[utsNameLength] release;
             // The field name is version but version is a keyword in D.
-            char update[utsNameLength];
-            char machine[utsNameLength];
+            char[utsNameLength] update;
+            char[utsNameLength] machine;
 
-            char __domainname[utsNameLength];
+            char[utsNameLength] __domainname;
         }
 
         int uname(utsname* __name);
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ extern (C)
 
         struct utsname
         {
-            char sysname[utsNameLength];
-            char nodename[utsNameLength];
-            char release[utsNameLength];
+            char[utsNameLength] sysname;
+            char[utsNameLength] nodename;
+            char[utsNameLength] release;
             // The field name is version but version is a keyword in D.
-            char update[utsNameLength];
-            char machine[utsNameLength];
+            char[utsNameLength] update;
+            char[utsNameLength] machine;
         }
 
         int uname(utsname* __name);
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ extern (C)
 
         struct utsname
         {
-            char sysname[utsNameLength];
-            char nodename[utsNameLength];
-            char release[utsNameLength];
+            char[utsNameLength] sysname;
+            char[utsNameLength] nodename;
+            char[utsNameLength] release;
             // The field name is version but version is a keyword in D.
-            char update[utsNameLength];
-            char machine[utsNameLength];
+            char[utsNameLength] update;
+            char[utsNameLength] machine;
         }
 
         int uname(utsname* __name);
diff --git a/src/core/sys/posix/ucontext.d b/src/core/sys/posix/ucontext.d
index c7f15f81c8c..cf5b35a64d1 100644
--- a/src/core/sys/posix/ucontext.d
+++ b/src/core/sys/posix/ucontext.d
@@ -523,12 +523,12 @@ version( linux )
         struct sigcontext {
             ulong           fault_address;
             /* AArch64 registers */
-            ulong           regs[31];
+            ulong[31]       regs;
             ulong           sp;
             ulong           pc;
             ulong           pstate;
             /* 4K reserved for FP/SIMD state and future expansion */
-            align(16) ubyte __reserved[4096];
+            align(16) ubyte[4096] __reserved;
         }
 
         alias sigcontext mcontext_t;
@@ -591,12 +591,12 @@ else version( FreeBSD )
        long    mc_ownedfp;
 
        align(16)
-       long    mc_fpstate[64];
+       long[64]    mc_fpstate;
 
        __register_t    mc_fsbase;
        __register_t    mc_gsbase;
 
-       long    mc_spare[6];
+       long[6]    mc_spare;
       }
     }
     else version( X86 )
diff --git a/src/gc/gc.d b/src/gc/gc.d
index 4f319c9c2e8..9b8959b0f60 100644
--- a/src/gc/gc.d
+++ b/src/gc/gc.d
@@ -1384,8 +1384,8 @@ struct Root
 }
 
 
-immutable uint binsize[B_MAX] = [ 16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 ];
-immutable size_t notbinsize[B_MAX] = [ ~(16-1),~(32-1),~(64-1),~(128-1),~(256-1),
+immutable uint[B_MAX] binsize = [ 16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 ];
+immutable size_t[B_MAX] notbinsize = [ ~(16-1),~(32-1),~(64-1),~(128-1),~(256-1),
                                 ~(512-1),~(1024-1),~(2048-1),~(4096-1) ];
 
 /* ============================ Gcx =============================== */
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ struct Gcx
     size_t npools;
     Pool **pooltable;
 
-    List *bucket[B_MAX];        // free list for each size
+    List*[B_MAX]bucket;        // free list for each size
 
 
     void initialize()
diff --git a/src/rt/deh_win32.d b/src/rt/deh_win32.d
index 47396614f87..a6e04cc52bc 100644
--- a/src/rt/deh_win32.d
+++ b/src/rt/deh_win32.d
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ struct DHandlerTable
     void *fptr;                 // pointer to start of function
     uint espoffset;         // offset of ESP from EBP
     uint retoffset;         // offset from start of function to return code
-    DHandlerInfo handler_info[1];
+    DHandlerInfo[1] handler_info;
 };
 
 struct DCatchBlock
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ struct DCatchBlock
 struct DCatchInfo
 {
     uint ncatches;                  // number of catch blocks
-    DCatchBlock catch_block[1];  // data for each catch block
+    DCatchBlock[1] catch_block;  // data for each catch block
 };
 
 // Macro to make our own exception code
diff --git a/src/rt/deh_win64_posix.d b/src/rt/deh_win64_posix.d
index ee5c9737cb3..2efe3b41098 100644
--- a/src/rt/deh_win64_posix.d
+++ b/src/rt/deh_win64_posix.d
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct DHandlerTable
     uint espoffset;             // offset of ESP from EBP
     uint retoffset;             // offset from start of function to return code
     size_t nhandlers;           // dimension of handler_info[] (use size_t to set alignment of handler_info[])
-    DHandlerInfo handler_info[1];
+    DHandlerInfo[1] handler_info;
 }
 
 struct DCatchBlock
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct DCatchBlock
 struct DCatchInfo
 {
     size_t ncatches;                    // number of catch blocks
-    DCatchBlock catch_block[1];         // data for each catch block
+    DCatchBlock[1] catch_block;         // data for each catch block
 }
 
 // One of these is generated for each function with try-catch or try-finally
diff --git a/src/rt/minfo.d b/src/rt/minfo.d
index 2a8bc2497a6..286c2127ae3 100644
--- a/src/rt/minfo.d
+++ b/src/rt/minfo.d
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ unittest
         }
 
         immutable ModuleInfo mi;
-        size_t pad[8];
+        size_t[8] pad;
         alias mi this;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/rt/qsort.d b/src/rt/qsort.d
index a1915cec3fc..aaaeb68ffaf 100644
--- a/src/rt/qsort.d
+++ b/src/rt/qsort.d
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ unittest
 {
     debug(qsort) printf("array.sort.unittest()\n");
 
-    int a[] = new int[10];
+    int[] a = new int[10];
 
     a[0] = 23;
     a[1] = 1;