const challenge

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:01:06 -0500, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:

> I just tested this out in D 2.006, and you are correct.  a1 ~ "\n" results 
> in a char[].  I think when I was porting the code, it looked more like:
> 
> a1 ~ '\n';
> 
> which results in a const(char)[].
> 
> So the example I gave originally is invalid, but the point is not.  The 
> result of concatenation should be determined by the usage of the result, and 
> allowed if it doesn't break constness.

Yes, and another point is why does the compiler treat 

     string ~ char

and

     string ~ string 

differently!?

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Derek Parnell
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