On Monday, 14 May 2012 at 04:10:30 UTC, Chris Cain wrote:
Let me ask you something: Could you try to name 2 or 3 good
things about const/immutable without looking it up? If not,
you've really not given enough effort to learning about the
benefits of it.
(1) Compiler helps you write correct multithreaded code
(2) You help compiler perform optimizations based on contracts
(3) I don't think there exists a #3 that's very different from #1
and #2
I'm not saying const is bad (at least, that's not what I'm saying
*here*).
What I'm saying is that it's being forced upon the user, and it's
becoming unavoidable. Which means people who don't like it won't
use D.
Kind of like the GC.
