The Status of Const

[Michel Fortin]

On 2010-08-16 19:06:56 -0400, "Simen kjaeraas" <simen.kjaras at gmail.com> said:

> Uhm, it works in D:
> 
> class C {}
> class D : C {}
> 
> void main( ) {
>      D[] a;
>      C[] b = a;
> }

Then that's a bug because it'd allow you to do this:

	void main() {
		D[] a = new D[1];
		C[] b = a;
		b[0] = new C;
		// what is the type of a[0] now? Certainly not a D.
	}

This would be fine however:

	const(C)[] b = a;


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