Added copy constructors to "Programming in D"

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On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 20:34:29 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> On 2/10/2022 12:06 AM, Mathias LANG wrote:
>> I think an *immediate* improvement we could make to ease 
>> people's life is to make `auto` peel the outermost qualifier 
>> level inside functions.
>> 
>> So that:
>> ```D
>> const int* ptr;
>> auto p2 = ptr;
>> static assert(is(typeof(p2) == const(int)*));
>> ```
>> 
>> I really can't think of any downside to it, only upsides:
>> - It is still predictable / consistent;
>> - It *might* reduce the number of template instantiations in 
>> some cases;
>> - It just flows more naturally... If you want full constness, 
>> there's still `const`;
>
> It sounds sensible to me.

Didn't Scott Meyers cover exactly this in his "the last thing D 
needs" talk? It seems like a really bad idea.