compile-time variables?

[David B. Held]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to David,
> [...]
>> Also, since dynamic char[] already
>> violates the purity of metaprogramming, I think that Walter didn't
>> want to expand and encourage that without thinking very hard about it
>> (it's easier to give people new features than to take them away).
> 
> How is that? If everthing in meta land is pass by value (including 
> strings) how are arrays any different than normal types?

How about the fact that resizing implies a dynamic allocation?

Dave