DMD 1.025 and 2.009 releases

[Jason House]

Walter Bright wrote:

> Jason House wrote:
>> Has the const/invariant/enum documentation been updated yet?
>> Looking at http://www.digitalmars.com/d/const3.html, there is no mention
>> of
>> enum.  It does discuss manifest constants...
>> 
>> Can you please update the docs to reflect the new design?
> 
> See http://www.digitalmars.com/d/enum.html for the enum stuff.

... so you're saying that I can define manifest constants in several
different ways?  Quoting the online docs:

"The simplest invariant declarations use it as a storage class. It can be
used to declare manifest constants.
invariant int x = 3;    // x is set to 3"

I thought manifest constants were going to be made more explicit.  That way,
it's known when taking an address of something is valid.  Afterall, the
docs also say:

"Invariant used as a storage class is equivalent to using invariant as a
type constructor for the entire type of a declaration:
invariant int x = 3;   // x is typed as invariant(int)
invariant(int) y = 3;  // y is invariant"

... after all the discussion about const/invariant/manifest, I think the
docs should be very clear on this topic.  I don't want to see more long
threads about manifest constants.