When is casting const() away actually necessary? (Used to be: Re: Why D const is annoying)

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 02-05-2012 17:58, Mehrdad wrote:
> Could someone mention a case where it is __necessary__ to cast away
> const()?
> How about immutable()?
> How about shared()?

shared? Almost always in any non-trivial application. shared is only 
useful if you're dealing with templatized functions that can actually 
handle it, which is not the case as often as one would like.

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- Alex