Signed word lengths and indexes

[Walter Bright]

Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
> On 06/15/2010 05:43 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>
>> One example of this is transitive immutability. Nobody asked for it.
> 
> I find this hard to believe. I seem to recall that you were personally 
> against const for a very long time. Did none of the people advocating 
> for const suggest a deep const? Should I dig through the archives?


Andrei explained transitivity to me and convinced me of its utility.