Poll: Would you like to try const-by-default or not?
kris
foo at bar.com
Tue Jun 12 10:34:33 PDT 2007
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> This is not a discussion thread. I think we've discussed enough. :)
>
> Basically there are these possible const implementations (there are others,
> but for the sake of simplicitly, I'll keep this poll to 2):
>
> 1) C++ style const, where you mark anything that should be const as such.
>
> 2) Parameters are const-by-default, and must be marked mutable otherwise.
> Locals, fields etc. are still mutable by default.
>
> Walter doesn't want to stray from option 1, because 2 is basically "too
> weird."
>
> Please reply with your choice, and maybe a small explanation of why.
>
> I'll start this off by saying I'm definitely willing to try option 2. I
> never really learned const-correctness in C++ because it looked so damned
> awful. Option 2 makes more sense to me.
++ for option 2
It's worth trying at least? Tango is an extensive library, and would
perhaps be a good proving ground for whether option 2 works well or not?
Would take perhaps a day or less to convert all of Tango + Mango for
experimental purposes? I'd jump at the chance to try it :)
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