const main args?

[Brad Roberts]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Timon Gehr wrote:

> On 08/15/2011 03:47 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:51:50 -0400, bearophile
> > <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Steven Schveighoffer:
> > > 
> > > > > int main(in string[] args);
> > > > 
> > > > What would be the purpose of this?
> > > 
> > > Why do you use "in" in function arguments? To make sure you will not
> > > modify the given array. I think it's not good practice to change the
> > > length of the input strings of the main or replace it with another
> > > dynamic array at runtime.
> > 
> > int main(string[] _args)
> > {
> > const args = _args; // not modifiable copy
> > }
> > 
> > It's a very easy problem to solve, and it's not really worth changing
> > the compiler for IMO.
> > 
> > In other words, it's one of those "features" that's so trivial that it's
> > not worth implementing. D cannot always be perfect, and I'd rather we
> > spend more time on the meaty parts of the language.
> > 
> > -Steve
> 
> This is a place where D trivially could be perfect ;). I agree that this issue
> has a very low priority. But it should be fixed eventually.

Only if there was actual uniformity in agreement on what perfect is.  
There isn't in this case.