Extended Type Design.

[Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)]

Dave wrote:
> Ok, this maybe somewhat selfish since I haven't used D's 'const' much, but I really have to agree with Derek -- the exceptions need to be dropped <g>
> 
> Based on past NG discussions on 'const', I believe it is so important to get this right the first time that the exceptions need to be removed in favor of the most intuitive and consistent syntax.
> 
> Since the current "const char[] str = 'XYZ'"; semantics would prevent both str or its elements from being modified, we could make a reasonable assumption that code already properly tested and running (and just recompiled with a new compiler) would not break anyhow, correct?


I think this is a valid point.

Andrei