What is the difference between enum and shared immutable?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 09:50:28AM -0400, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
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> D frequently allows no-op attributes.
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I find that to be a bad smell in terms of language design, actually.
Either something should be allowed and have a definite effect, or it
should not be allowed.  Not this murky grey area where you can write
something and it seems to be allowed, but doesn't actually have any
effect.


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