const Propagation

[Daniel N via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 29 December 2014 at 16:03:41 UTC, Julian Kranz wrote:
> On Monday, 29 December 2014 at 15:53:25 UTC, Steven 
> Schveighoffer wrote:
>> The compiler can infer attributes if a function is a template. 
>> Not all attributes, but some of them.
>>
>> -Steve
>
> Ah, thanks, this explains it ;-). However, it's kind of uncool 
> that this only works for templates...

If you wish to dig into the details, there's a free ebook with a 
good explanation here:
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html

Search for "this template parameters for member functions" in
http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/templates_more.html