The problem with const proposals

[Walter Bright]

Gregor Richards wrote:
> Not a single person on this board (and I mean NO ONE) has a grasp over 
> everything that one can reasonably expect const to do. What we need to 
> do is construct a complete list of features that the const system ought 
> to have, so that any const proposal can be checked against the "good 
> clean const fun" checklist. Instead, what we have is suggestion after 
> suggestion, each with good points but each with fundamental flaws. We're 
> never going to get anywhere like this because nobody knows what everyone 
> needs.

It's not fair injecting sense into this <g>. I've certainly spent the 
last year discovering what doesn't work because of this or that. It does 
pay to now and then go back and remember exactly what problem one is 
trying to solve in the first place.