From 4bbfc438d1b52d543444f2d58b6829525890dbba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RazvanN7 <razvan.nitu1305@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:58:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] std.array.array cannot be instantiated for pointers to ranges

---
 std/array.d | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/std/array.d b/std/array.d
index f05fc35665a..97b63852773 100644
--- a/std/array.d
+++ b/std/array.d
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ if (isIterable!Range && !isNarrowString!Range && !isInfinite!Range)
     }
 }
 
-///
+/// ditto
 ForeachType!(PointerTarget!Range)[] array(Range)(Range r)
 if (isPointer!Range && isIterable!(PointerTarget!Range) && !isNarrowString!Range && !isInfinite!Range)
 {
@@ -173,7 +173,15 @@ if (isPointer!Range && isIterable!(PointerTarget!Range) && !isNarrowString!Range
         void popFront() {}
     }
 
-    static assert(__traits(compiles, (new MyRange).array));
+    auto arr = (new MyRange).array;
+    assert(arr.empty);
+}
+
+@system pure nothrow unittest
+{
+    immutable int[] a = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+    auto b = (&a).array;
+    assert(b == a);
 }
 
 @system unittest