const main args?

[Timon Gehr]

On 08/15/2011 11:53 PM, Brad Roberts wrote:
> 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.

Basically, disallowing it is just cutting the users freedom for no 
benefit to the language design and feels inconsistent.