From f4130d7910d78f741663f0bbb9df8537b64986e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Ward Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 19:11:24 +0200 Subject: Further clarify in-memory arrays --- docs/types/reference-types.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/types/reference-types.rst b/docs/types/reference-types.rst index b133bdf1..b9fd9194 100644 --- a/docs/types/reference-types.rst +++ b/docs/types/reference-types.rst @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ The numeric index becomes a required parameter for the getter. Allocating Memory Arrays ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -You can use the ``new`` keyword to create arrays with a runtime-dependent length in memory. +You must use the ``new`` keyword to create arrays with a runtime-dependent length in memory. As opposed to storage arrays, it is **not** possible to resize memory arrays (e.g. by assigning to the ``.length`` member). You either have to calculate the required size in advance or create a new memory array and copy every element. -- cgit