Extended Type Design.

[Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)]

mike wrote:
> Am 16.03.2007, 10:19 Uhr, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website
> For Email) <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>:
> 
>> You can use "super const". We should be really really careful about
>>  adding new keywords; D already has tons, and I have a feeling we
>> don't want it to become Cobol or dBase.
>> 
>> If there are ways to stay away from new keywords, we'll do so. I do
>>  realize that no matter the syntax, there will be people who won't
>> like it. But avoiding adding keywords liberally is an overriding
>> desideratum.
>> 
>> 
>> Andrei
> 
> Why not "const final" or "final const"?
> 
> (a) .. final (b) .. const (c) .. const final / final const

Because final const and super const express very different realities.

> "super" is for calling constructors and that should be the only use
> for this keyword.

 From your email I see you are Austrian, so I'm surprised. :o) German is 
the most synthetic (as opposed to analytical) language in use, and has 
the admirable property of building precise terms by combining smaller 
polysemous terms.


Andrei