const member function synatx?

[renoX]

im Wrote:

> I read the page: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/const3.html
> under section "Const Member Functions"
> 
> It didn't give any example, but following the example of 'invariant', it
> should be:
> 
> const ReturnType memberFunc(param) {}
> 
> I think this is really confusing: is 'const' trying to specify the
> 'ReturnType' or the memberFunc?

As often, this is because C's syntax for variable or prototype declaration suck..

If D used Limbo and Scala syntax for this <function name>(<parameters>):<return value>
then there would be no ambiguity:
const memberFunc(param): ReturnType {}
memberFunc(param): const ReturnType {}
const memberFunc(param): const ReturnType {}

Walter has chosen an inferior syntax in the name of programmers familiarity, this is unlikely to change..

renoX