An Orthogonal Const Proposal

[Paul Anderson]

Oskar Linde Wrote:

> Since everyone is doing it, the peer pressure got too heavy and I just 
> felt I too had to make a const proposal ready to be shot down.  :)
> 
> Anyway, here is a very simple orthogonal const proposal that I believe 
> catches most of the earlier suggestions in a more concise way.
> 
> Since the table below probably will become squished by the news reader, 
> I made a small PDF:
> 
> http://www.csc.kth.se/~ol/const.pdf
> 
> Please prime and load your muskets. Enjoy :)
> 

I like the orthogonal emphasis of this proposal. Rather than having to decide what "const" means in a particular context, it always means the same thing. Ditto for "in" (I prefer "readonly"). 

If these keywords can capture all the varieties of const/invariant that have been proposed I would vote for it.

I'll take a look at this vs. guslay's list of const meanings and, unless someone beats me to it, post the results.

Paul