Extended Type Design.

[Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)]

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> Benji Smith wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) wrote:
>>> Benji Smith wrote:
>>>> I should also add that, in my opinion, any design where "const" 
>>>> means something other than "value resolved at compile time and 
>>>> immutable at runtime" would be a mistake.
>>>
>>> Then how would you call "value that's not mutable through this alias" 
>>> in a way that's not going to turn C++ immigrants away?
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> I have no special love (nor contempt, of course) for C++ immigrants 
>> and don't really care whether D conforms to their expectations.
>>
>> I thought the point of D was to fix broken constructs from C++, and 
>> most C++ programmers I know consider its implementation of const (and 
>> especially how casting affects const) to be one of the prime offenders.
>>
>> --benji
> 
> Same opinion here. What makes D good is fixing broken constructs from C++.

Same opinion here too.

Andrei