Extended Type Design.

[Derek Parnell]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:38:00 -0700, Benji Smith wrote:

> 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.

Thank you Benji ... I've been trying to write a response to that but
everything I wrote came out as too abusive or obnoxious. You have nailed it
though.

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