The Status of Const

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Friday, August 13, 2010 15:03:07 Tomek Sowiński wrote:
> I agree with the content, but not the tone. D's const makes all other
> mainstream const systems look petty. Applying the concept of transitivity
> has been revolutionary (hail Walter). Tail const is just a cable to the
> socket to make this wonderful device work out-of-box for programming
> masses.

In pretty much all cases other than references, D's const system is fantastic. 
It really simplified things in comparison to C++, and is overall a definite 
improvement. It's just with references that there's a big problem, and with 
them, they're better than what you get with Java's final, but it's still 
seriously lacking due to the whole thing becoming const instead of just the 
referent.

- Jonathan M Davis