Re: const as default for variables

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 15 March 2015 at 05:08:54 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 3/14/2015 8:50 PM, deadalnix wrote:
Const is the inconvenience of immutability without its 
benefit. That would be a
poor default, IMO.

It's utility is in self-documenting encapsulation.

It also turns out that it offers optimization possibilities for 
ARC systems.

You'll have to explain yourself, as there is nothing obvious here.

I see how immutable can be leveraged to optimize, but I don't 
think const offers the same capabilities.