Transitive const sucks

[Sean Kelly]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>
>> I suspect this means that D apps won't look very much like C++ apps in 
>> terms of how const is used, and the overall utility for the average 
>> programmer may well be somewhat small.
> 
> Yes, it will be used differently. Whether it is overall better or not 
> only experience will tell.

This was perhaps too strong a statement on my part.  Given the design of 
const, I'm beginning to suspect that while the syntax of D is fairly 
similar to C++, I think the structure of a D app five years from now may 
well look very little like that of a C++ app.  The recent D features all 
lend themselves to a more functional style of programming.  This is 
probably a good thing in terms of scaling towards the future, but it 
could be surprising for someone who thinks D is C merged with Java :-)


Sean