unpaintable (the solution to logical const)

[Leandro Lucarella]

Janice Caron, el  4 de abril a las 19:47 me escribiste:
> On 04/04/2008, Janice Caron <caron800 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 04/04/2008, Simen Kjaeraas <simen.kjaras at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >  Now to find a better name than paintable, and convincing Walter...
> >
> >
> > Actually, all fields are paintable by default. It's the /un/paintable
> >  ones that need a keyword. In C++, that keyword is "mutable", but
> >  that's inappropriate for D.
> 
> My favorite keyword for this purpose is "exotic". Exotic fields
> exhibit strange behavior - you can't paint them with constancy; they
> should take no part in opEquals() or opCmp() or hash(). Strange
> indeed. And while "unpaintable" is very useful as a description, it is
> a little on the long side for an actual keyword.

All you are describing is data that don't belong to the class, so why to
insist in putting in it?

> That said, I'm with Stephen on this one. If we get the functionality,
> I won't be complaining about the keyword.

The functionality is already there!

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