Make a variable single-assignment?

[Ary Manzana]

On 11/21/11 11:04 AM, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to make a variable single-assignment, regardless of its
> type? I.e.:
>
> void foo()
> {
> <some magical keyword?> int i = 0;
> i = 2; // Error: i cannot be reassigned
> }
>
> I realize const and immutable will do this, but they are transitive and
> infect the type, which I do *not* want. I simply want the variable to be
> single-assignment. Is it possible?
>
> - Alex

Why do you want that?