2010/11/30 Walter Bright <newshou...@digitalmars.com> > so wrote: > >> No need to go that far. >> >> void fn(const A, A) {...} >> A a; >> fn(a, a); // what do you expect here? >> >> As far as i know D/C++ have the same treatment for const member functions. >> It has been this way forever. >> > > > Yup. It's why I think it is worthwhile that I spend time in this thread > explaining things over and over. There are a lot of mistaken assumptions and > baggage people carry around about const in both D and C++. > > I've been following this thread on and off, but is there a definition somewhere of exactly what "const" means in D2 and exactly what that guaranties or doesn't guaranty?
> > (One of the ironies of C++ const is that programmers assume it behaves like > D const/immutable, but rely on it not doing so.) >