//Static array slice: no capacity int[4] sarray = [1, 2, 3, 4]; int[] slice = sarray[]; assert(sarray.capacity == 0); //Appending to slice will reallocate to a new array slice ~= 5; assert(slice.capacity >= 5); //Dynamic array slices int[] a = [1, 2, 3, 4]; int[] b = a[1 .. $]; int[] c = a[1 .. $ - 1]; debug(SENTINEL) {} else // non-zero capacity very much depends on the array and GC implementation { assert(a.capacity != 0); assert(a.capacity == b.capacity + 1); //both a and b share the same tail } assert(c.capacity == 0); //an append to c must relocate c.
(Property) Gets the current capacity of a slice. The capacity is the size that the slice can grow to before the underlying array must be reallocated or extended.
If an append must reallocate a slice with no possibility of extension, then 0 is returned. This happens when the slice references a static array, or if another slice references elements past the end of the current slice.
Note: The capacity of a slice may be impacted by operations on other slices.