thoughts on immutability in D

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Friday, September 23, 2011 18:39:19 Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/23/2011 5:31 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > I have to specifically circumvent the compiler to be
> > able to alter const stuff.
> 
> Nope, not with 'mutable' you don't have to circumvent anything. Just change
> it.

True, but it doesn't just happen. You have to choose to make a variable 
mutable. _Some_ effort must be put in to circumvent const. Until you do that, 
const protects it from be changed.

By no means am I claiming that C++'s const is without flaws. I'm just claiming 
that it's not worthless, and you seem to be claiming that it's worthless.

- Jonathan M Davis