The Status of Const

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:30:10 -0400, Michel Fortin  
<michel.fortin at michelf.com> wrote:

> On 2010-08-16 11:23:24 -0400, Michel Fortin <michel.fortin at michelf.com>  
> said:
>
>> Shouldn't this work?
>>  	struct Array(V) {
>> 		uint length;
>> 		V *v;
>>  		Array!(const V) _const() @property { ... }
>> 		alias _const this;
>> 	}
>
> Well, it doesn't, but perhaps it should.
>
> I agree that implicit conversions is the core of the problem for  
> tail-const in structs.

If the mechanism isn't automatic, and involves doing stuff like this, I  
don't see it being used much.  The compiler has to help here somewhere.

-Steve