On Wednesday, 28 July 2021 at 05:52:02 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 7/27/21 10:38 PM, Tejas wrote:
When I initially saw it, I was hopeful that it would allow me
to bypass some of the restrictions of ```const``` , but it
literally just takes a type and strips the ```const``` from
it, you can't pass a variable to it in order to get rid of
```const``` . What use does it serve then?
https://dlang.org/library/std/traits/unconst.html
Searching under /usr/include/dmd reveals that it is used in the
implementations of array property 'dup' and 'copyEmplace',
which makes sense: We want copies to be mutable.
Ali
So it's only useful for the compiler developers? I thought Walter
was 100% against introducing any dependency to phobos in dmd?
Shouldn't this be part of ```core.internal``` package?
