string types: const(char)[] and cstring

[Walter Bright]

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Sun, 27 May 2007 12:14:29 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> Derek Parnell wrote:
>>>  const(char)[]  // A mutable array of immutable characters?
>>>  const(char[])  // An immutable array of mutable characters?
>>>  const(const(char)[]) // An immutable array of immutable characters?
>>>  char[]         // A mutable array of mutable characters?
> 
> 
> Any comment on the above?

Looks right to me.

>>> What will happen with the .reverse and .sort array properties when used
>>> with const, invariant, and final qualifiers?
>> They'll all fail.
> 
> Good, but when? At run time or compile time?

compile time.