PhobosWatch: manifest => enum

["Jérôme M. Berger"]

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Walter Bright wrote:
> Jérôme M. Berger wrote:
>>     :(
> 
> Yeah, I figure I'll get fricasseed over that one. The most compelling
> argument is that we already have 3 ways to declare a constant, adding a
> fourth gets very difficult to justify. As opposed to a minor extension
> to enums.

	This is an artificial distinction: you *are* adding a fourth way to
declare a constant, the only question is what syntax to use: either
a counter-intuitive extension to enums or a new keyword (or a minor
extension to the alias keyword as was suggested by somebody).

	BTW, I think it was Janice who suggested that the compiler should
know whether a constant needs to be manifest or not (depending on
whether its address is taken somewhere). This would remove the need
for a way to distinguish manifest constants explicitly. Any thoughts
on that?

		Jerome
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