vala: Array with fixed length don't require explicit instantiation

Fixes https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues/720

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 380703da2..1a18f2c13 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	basic-types/floats.vala \
 	basic-types/strings.vala \
 	basic-types/arrays.vala \
+	basic-types/arrays-fixed-assignment.vala \
 	basic-types/array-uint8-uchar-compat.vala \
 	basic-types/pointers.vala \
 	basic-types/sizeof.vala \
diff --git a/tests/basic-types/arrays-fixed-assignment.vala b/tests/basic-types/arrays-fixed-assignment.vala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ec0df437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basic-types/arrays-fixed-assignment.vala
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+string foo[3];
+
+void main () {
+	{
+		foo = new string[3];
+	}
+	{
+		foo = new string[3] { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+		assert (foo[1] == "bar");
+	}
+	{
+		foo = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+		assert (foo[1] == "bar");
+	}
+
+	{
+		string bar[3] = new string[3];
+	}
+	{
+		string bar[3] = new string[3] { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+		assert (bar[1] == "bar");
+	}
+	{
+		string bar[3] = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+		assert (bar[1] == "bar");
+	}
+}