inout and function/delegate parameters

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:06:14 -0500, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr at gmx.ch> wrote:

> On 03/07/2012 11:37 PM, Stewart Gordon wrote:
>> On 07/03/2012 15:41, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> In fact, I think this is valid D code:
>>>
>>> int i;
>>> const int *pi = &i;
>>> int *p = cast()pi;
>>> *p = 5; // legal because I know this points at i, and i is really  
>>> mutable
>>
>> cast() is an abomination. I'm not sure OTTOMH whether it's a bug that it
>> works.
>>
>
> It is not legal code. I did not point it out because it was clear what  
> was meant. cast() only casts away the top level of modifiers. It is  
> perfectly safe except for class objects.

If it's not legal code, then how is implicitly casting away inout during  
function execution legal code?  Isn't this the same thing?

-Steve