const issues and more!

[Saaa]

:)> Will this work as well?
int[] def = [ 1, 2, 3 ];
def[0]=0;
int[] def2 = [ 1, 2, 3 ];
assert(def2[0..2] == [ 0, 2, 3 ]);

>> to compile, then you are free to modify the constant "text"!  For 
>> example, in D 1.0 this works:
>>
>> char[] text = "text";
>> text[0] = 'n';
>> char[] text2 = "text";
>> assert(text2 == "next");
>>
>> These kinds of errors are subtle and hard to find.  This is why you are 
>> not allowed to have a non-const or invariant pointer to invariant data 
>> such as string literals.
>>
>> -Steve
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