Struct initializers and const in 2.009

[torhu]

Dan wrote:
> You actually managed to make your programs compatible with D 1.x and 2.x !?!?

Only some bindings to a C library, so no classes or const methods necessary.

> I spent a good 40 minutes on my source, and ultimately realized it's impossible for me to do so;
> 
> version(D_Version2)
>   alias const(char)[] const_string;
> else
>   alias char[] const_string;
> 
> Value {
>   const Value opIndex(const_string){
>     bla bla 
>   }
> }
> 
> You can't alias out the const declaration for the function, and you can't get rid of it in 2.x and still have the program work, let alone have the desired functionality.

Maybe you could make it work with some casting, but it might not be 
worth it.  The const_string alias will work if you use a string mixin:

version(D_Version2)
    mixin("alias const(char)[] const_string;");
  else
    alias char[] const_string;

But are you sure you need this, won't the Phobos string alias work? 
It's defined in object.d.