From 43a77fa50c983ff55c54d455da5a7c94b88638c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: monarch dodra <monarchdodra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:37:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] support for empty static arrays in ElementEncodingType

---
 std/range.d | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/std/range.d b/std/range.d
index 23aa640a1..e98a7bd1b 100644
--- a/std/range.d
+++ b/std/range.d
@@ -1044,6 +1044,14 @@ unittest
     static assert(is(ElementType!(inout(int)[]) : inout(int)));
 }
 
+unittest
+{
+    static assert(is(ElementType!(int[5]) == int));
+    static assert(is(ElementType!(int[0]) == int));
+    static assert(is(ElementType!(char[5]) == dchar));
+    static assert(is(ElementType!(char[0]) == dchar));
+}
+
 unittest //11336
 {
     static struct S
@@ -1063,7 +1071,7 @@ $(D ElementType).
 template ElementEncodingType(R)
 {
     static if (isNarrowString!R)
-        alias typeof(lvalueOf!R[0]) ElementEncodingType;
+        alias typeof(*lvalueOf!R.ptr) ElementEncodingType;
     else
         alias ElementType!R ElementEncodingType;
 }
@@ -1086,6 +1094,14 @@ unittest
     static assert(is(ElementEncodingType!(inout char[]) : inout(char)));
 }
 
+unittest
+{
+    static assert(is(ElementEncodingType!(int[5]) == int));
+    static assert(is(ElementEncodingType!(int[0]) == int));
+    static assert(is(ElementEncodingType!(char[5]) == char));
+    static assert(is(ElementEncodingType!(char[0]) == char));
+}
+
 /**
 Returns $(D true) if $(D R) is a forward range and has swappable
 elements. The following code should compile for any range