What is Invariant Good For?

[Knud Soerensen]

Koroskin Denis wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:33:55 +0400, Knud Soerensen
> <4tuu4k002 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Peter C. Chapin wrote:
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6ui1q/d_what_is_invariant_good_for/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, I agree with some of the posts on the article
>>> itself that "immutable" would be a better word to describe this concept
>>> than "invariant." I've done some functional programming and I
>>> immediately understand what immutable means (and why it is good). With
>>> invariant I had to read about it first. The word invariant makes me
>>> think of class invariants and loop invariants... a somewhat different
>>> concept.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>
>> I agree invariant also leads my thoughts into other things.
>>
>> Walter says in a comments that there is alot of momentum behind
>> invariant.
>>
>> To verify that I have made a poll, please vote and let us see
>> http://jyte.com/cl/immutable-would-be-better-than-invariant-in-the-d-programming-language
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Nice idea but... I wouldn't sign up for the site just for a vote. Sorry.

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