`const ref T` or `ref const T`?
Dom DiSc
dominikus at scherkl.de
Thu Aug 15 10:37:52 UTC 2024
On Thursday, 15 August 2024 at 09:05:02 UTC, IchorDev wrote:
> Yeah, I feel you. When I first started writing in D I’d also
> use `const ref` [...] I found the ordering to violate English
> adjective ordering. `ref const T` sounds wrong in the same way
> as ‘red big balloon’.
Yeah. As long as the language allows both, I would always go with
the version that sounds more like proper english.
But if we do a restriction at all, I would require to always put
const at the end (e.g. 'ref T const') to keep it consistent for
functions and values.
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