More Intuitive Syntax for Manifest (enum) Constants

[Peter C]

On Saturday, 22 November 2025 at 01:48:43 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> ```d
> enum N = 42;
> ```

I've never ever liked this misuse of enum in D to basically 
reflect a lightweight constant.

This is what happens when you repurpose a keyword to define a 
named constant, instead of a strict collection of values, which 
is what an enum is meant to be.

You seem intent on doing the same with 'final', it seems - i.e. 
repurposing it to mean single assignment.

To me, it represents a lack of clarity in language design (i.e. 
to benefit the compiler??, but at the cost of semantic integrity).

In C it's -> #define N = 42

In D, it should have been  -> const int N = 42;

not -> enum N = 42;  // to me, this misrepresents the purpose of 
an enum