[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

[Cliff via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 20:27:55 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 08/26/2014 10:13 PM, Cliff wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 19:47:25 UTC, Casper Færgemand
>> wrote:
>>> How would this even work?
>>
>> It looks like this applies only to the inference of 
>> immutability
>> based on the structure of the type and its methods, as opposed 
>> to
>> a declaration of immutability.
>
> It does not look like that to me.

Hmm, I went and re-read more closely, and it appears the Summary
differs from the claims in that very important detail...  that
sucks.