On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 07:17:15PM +0200, Philippe Sigaud via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > > In D enum can be used to define manifest constants. This means > > constants known at compile time. In practice for a double there > > isn't a lot of difference. In general you can't take the address of > > a manifest constant, unlike immutables. > > Because they do not exist as 'variables' or symbol in the generated > code. They are directly replaced by their computed value.
One has to admit, though, that the choice of 'enum' as keyword is a bit unfortunate, since most newbies (and some not-so-newbies) understand it as "enumeration" rather than "manifest constant". It makes sense in retrospect, but is quite counterintuitive for first-timers. T -- I think Debian's doing something wrong, `apt-get install pesticide', doesn't seem to remove the bugs on my system! -- Mike Dresser
