Catching C++ Exceptions in D

[Jakob Ovrum via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 5 January 2016 at 18:22:56 UTC, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 January 2016 at 17:23:38 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> D code can only catch C++ exceptions declared as:
>>
>>     extern (C++) class Identifier { ... }
>>
>> Best practice in C++ is catching by const&, and D's classes 
>> fit right in with that.
>
> Well, except for the const part. D exceptions are completely 
> broken when it comes to const and immutable. It seems to have 
> been overlooked during the transition to D2.

Of course, C++ doesn't have immutable, so this isn't really an 
issue in practice for C++ exceptions.