[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

[Marco Leise via Digitalmars-d]

Am Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:12:14 +0200
schrieb Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com>:

> V Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:53:35 +0200
> "Jérôme M. Berger" via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com>
> napsáno:
> > 
> > 	I should have said that in D it is used when declaring an
> > instance (i.e. at the place of the instance declaration) whereas in
> > the patent it is used when declaring the type. For a patent lawyer,
> > this will be enough to say that the patent is new.
> > 
> 
> I don't agree completly
> 
> // immutable is used when declaring the type IS
> immutable struct IS {
> 	string s;
> }
> 
> IS s = IS("fff");
> s.s = "d";
> writeln(s);

^ That I agree with! Prior art.

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Marco