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

[Mehrdad]

On Monday, 14 May 2012 at 04:10:30 UTC, Chris Cain wrote:
> Let me ask you something: Could you try to name 2 or 3 good 
> things about const/immutable without looking it up? If not, 
> you've really not given enough effort to learning about the 
> benefits of it.


(1) Compiler helps you write correct multithreaded code
(2) You help compiler perform optimizations based on contracts
(3) I don't think there exists a #3 that's very different from #1 
and #2




I'm not saying const is bad (at least, that's not what I'm saying 
*here*).

What I'm saying is that it's being forced upon the user, and it's 
becoming unavoidable. Which means people who don't like it won't 
use D.

Kind of like the GC.