Manifest constants (was const again)

[Walter Bright]

John Reimer wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> John Reimer wrote:
>>> May I ask what Andrei Alexandrescu's opinion is of using 'enum' as 
>>> manifest const?  Seems to me that this choice wouldn't pass unnoticed 
>>> by him, and I know he has some small influence on D. :-)
>>
>> He immediately liked it. So the condemnation of enum isn't quite as 
>> universal as one might suspect reading these threads <g>.
> 
> 
> Yep, that's what I was wondering.  It seemed that there might have been 
> some support coming elsewhere. :-)

I didn't mention it before because appeal to authority is a logical 
fallacy, the idea should succeed or fail on its own merits.