Manifest constants (was const again)

[Lukas Pinkowski]

Janice Caron wrote:

> Hoping to branch this off to a new thread to avoid polluting the const
> one...
> 
> On 12/6/07, Walter Bright <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>> That leaves what to do about manifest constants. It occurs that we
>> already have a mechanism for them - enums. So why not:
>>         enum x = 3;
>>         enum long y = 4;
>> ? I think that solves our problem.
> 
> Will it work for reals?
> 
> enum pi = 3.14159265358979;
> 
> ?

I just try to imagine this one:

enum ireal x = ...

Enumerable imaginary real -> many mathematicians rotating in their
graves ;-)