DMD 1.011 release -- prior code does not compile

[Sean Kelly]

Walter Bright wrote:
> kris wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Bug fixes, some enhancements.
>>>
>>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/changelog.html
>>>
>>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.1.011.zip
>>
>>
>> ----
>> struct HttpStatus
>> {
>>         int     code;
>>         char[]  name;
>> }
>>
>> struct HttpResponses
>> {
>>         final HttpStatus Continue = {100, "Continue"};
>> }
>>
>> void foo (inout HttpStatus status)
>> {
>> }
>>
>> void main ()
>> {
>>         foo (HttpResponses.Continue);
>> }
>> ---
>>
>> "Error: cannot modify final variable 'Continue'"
>>
>> The above used to compile. How is one supposed to declare and populate 
>> a struct that cannot subsequently be changed, and can also be passed 
>> by reference?
> 
> In the future, inout would be replaced with "const ref".

Hm... so what should be done to get this working until the new 'const' 
semantics are in place?


Sean