A few questions

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-07-27 13:14, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-07-27 12:29, Namespace wrote:

>> const(Foo) but ref Foo. This is inconsistency, if you ask me.
>> So why is between C++ and D such a huge difference?
>> Why isn't it simply const Foo instead of const(Foo)?
>
> I think the reason is the same as above. If the return value is const
> you need to use parentheses. I think that the syntax would conflict with
> the const-method syntax otherwise.
>
> The reason for why const is allowed after the paramter list is because
> it can be a bit confusing to have two const next to each other.
>
> class Foo
> {
>      const const (Foo) foo () {}
> }
>

Forgot to say, the reason for why the ref(Foo) syntax isn't used is 
because there can be no conflict since methods cannot be declared as const.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg