Why is the initializer_list parameter not automatically converted to an array?

Question

This does not work:

auto A[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};

The reason is that it {1, 2, 3, 4}displays as initializer_listwhich cannot be used to initialize the array. My arguments against this:

• If the language can infer the type size initializer_list, it has no problem doing the same for the array. The output of the template argument will solve the problems of inconsistent types.

• initializer_list should not be containers, while the array may.

It would be nice if the elements were automatically copied to the array and initializer_list"disappears", as well as the initialization of the array with a string literal. Why is there no special rule for this?