const sucks

[Sean Kelly]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> 
> I recall Walter's main argument against it was that local variable
> really shouldn't be const-by-default since you're usually creating
> them because you want to manipulate them.  But then you end up with a
> system where local variable declarations and parameter declarations
> follow very different rules.

Pure functions already work this way, so perhaps this isn't a big deal.


Sean