Common type of ubyte and const ubyte is int

[user1234]

On Thursday, 2 May 2024 at 16:25:15 UTC, DrDread wrote:
> I'm for not having types promote at all. it's been an endless 
> source of bugs for me. it messes with metaprogramming.

PLs that dont promote have their own problems too. The most 
obvious is that overflowing is more easy. At least promotion 
mitigates that.

However I'm quite sure that D promotions rules were not seen as 
such. It's more C compatibility, walking on the C tracks, to 
speak metaphorically.