Help - can't ADD constness

[Robert Fraser]

Janice Caron Wrote:

> This won't compile under D2.004
> 
>  class A
>  {
>      int x;
>  }
> 
>  void main()
>  {
>      const a = new A(); /* Error */
>  }
> 
> The error is
> Error: non-constant expression cast(const A)new A
> 
> Now what's going on here? Are we not allowed to turn mutables into consts now?

You're using the const storage class, which means compile-time constant. Try:

const(A) = new A();