The problem with const proposals

[Paul Anderson]

Janice Caron Wrote:

> On 12/7/07, guslay <guslay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Here is my list so far
> 
> But what is it a list /of/?
> 
> I ask because item 6a violates const-transitivity, and
> const-transitivity is itself deemed to be a requirement of the D
> programming language. Are we compiling a list of conflicting
> requirement here?
> 
> My list would be much shorter. It would be that const should be:
> (1) simple to understand
> (2) transitive
> (3) compatible with generic programming
> 
> ...and that's kind of it, really.

<why can't we all just get along?>

I think that guslay's list distills a lot of the discussion here, at least about what people want.

I agree that it is a good idea to have such a list to guide our discussion.

I agree with Janice that such a list needs to be defined and scrubbed for consistency.

Maybe we could have a compiler switch that turns const features and const keywords on and off?

</why can't we all just get along?>

Paul