enum abuse

[Steve Teale]

On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 11:47:45 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:

> A "const" or "immutable" declaration would declare a constant 
> variable - meaning, unless it is optimized out at a later 
> point, it will end up in the data segment and have its own 
> address. An enum declares a manifest constant - it exists only 
> in the memory of the compiler. Manifest constants make sense 
> when doing metaprogramming. Constant/immutable declarations 
> make sense for values that will be used in multiple places by 
> code at runtime.

I'm with Mike - thanks Vlad, that makes it perfectly clear. I 
just wonder slightly why a language that prides itself so on its 
metaprogramming capabilities does not have a keyword that makes 
it obvious

Think of an abbreviation for compile-time-constant.

But yes, thanks.

BTW, why does an immutable integer type need to have an address?

Steve