Const Ideas

[Craig Black]

>  "const X" and "const(X)" must mean the same thing

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but if

const XY

means that both X and Y are const, then

const(X)Y will not be equivalent to const XY and thus

const(X) will not always be equivalent to const X

So what does everyone mean when they make this a requirement?  It seems to 
be a contradiction with the current approach to const.