const after initialization / pointers, references and values

[Wyatt via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 20 August 2014 at 21:26:55 UTC, Philippe Sigaud via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
>
> If you want reference semantics but do not want to have pointers
> in your code, yes classes are your best choice.

Alternatively, isn't this a good place to use ref parameters? Or 
is there some semantic I'm missing here?
http://dlang.org/function.html#parameters

BTW, Vicente, the D.learn section is a great place to get help. :)

-Wyatt