Getting the const-correctness of Object sorted once and for all

[Dmitry Olshansky]

On 14.05.2012 0:48, Stewart Gordon wrote:
> On 13/05/2012 20:42, Walter Bright wrote:
> <snip>
>> I'd like to see std.stream dumped. I don't see any reason for it to
>> exist that std.stdio
>> doesn't do (or should do).
>
> So std.stdio.File is the replacement for the std.stream stuff?
>
> How does/will it provide all the different kinds of stream that
> std.stream provides, as well as the other kinds of stream that
> applications will need?
>

I think I've seen proper replacement (or rather a draft of it). If only 
Steven can be bothered to finish it :)

> What's the plan for std.cstream?
>
>> The only reason it's there at the moment is for backwards compatibility.
>
> So the plan is to deprecate that, then remove it, _then_ fix this issue?
>
> Or make toString and toHash in the stream classes bypass constancy?
>
> Stewart.


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Dmitry Olshansky