Do we really need const?

[Matti Niemenmaa]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Matti Niemenmaa wrote:
>> Java has a limited form of const in final, which allows for both 
>> compile-time constants and variables which can only be assigned to once.
>> 
>> See the "variables" and "fields" sections here: 
>> http://renaud.waldura.com/doc/java/final-keyword.shtml
> 
> Yes, a lot of languages seem to have that form of const, which is more or
> less like const is in D1.x.  That doesn't seem to be the problematic kind.

No. But it's more than D1.x's const, in that it can be used other than just for
compile time constants.

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