[Issue 16514] std.socket methods are const, and thus cannot be overriden for SSLSocket, for example

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16514

--- Comment #3 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow at gmail.com> ---
It's sometimes useful, such as when it's a field in a const object. Or when you
want to use a class as an AA key, to associate some data with it but don't have
control over the class's creation.

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