const

[Jason House]

Walter Bright wrote:

> Jason House wrote:
>> Back when everyone was trying to understand the new const designs, we all
>> called const "readonly".  Every time someone asks today, we always
>> describe it as readonly. Why not use that term if it makes sense to
>> everyone?!
> 
> const, readonly, invariant, and immutable all mean exactly the same thing.

That really is not the point.

As a community, after much debate, the community as a whole settled on
readonly as the best of all evils... and settled on manifest as the best of
all alternatives...

To mass surprise, alternate keywords were chosen.  It just continues to give
the impression that the community as a whole can debate all they want, but
regardless of what we say or do, it's a one man show.  It's true that a CEO
has all the power, but the most successful companies have CEO that listen
to all the people around him.

Any good will that was lost with me revolves around the nature of
communication.  At some point in the near future, I'll expand upon that as
a new thread (maybe after this current thing dies down)