Extended Type Design.

[Benji Smith]

Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) wrote:
> Benji Smith wrote:
>> I should also add that, in my opinion, any design where "const" means 
>> something other than "value resolved at compile time and immutable at 
>> runtime" would be a mistake.
> 
> Then how would you call "value that's not mutable through this alias" in 
> a way that's not going to turn C++ immigrants away?
> 
> Andrei

I have no special love (nor contempt, of course) for C++ immigrants and 
don't really care whether D conforms to their expectations.

I thought the point of D was to fix broken constructs from C++, and most 
C++ programmers I know consider its implementation of const (and 
especially how casting affects const) to be one of the prime offenders.

--benji