Re: Why D const is annoying

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/11/11 12:40 PM, Mafi wrote:

void f(ref const(int)* a, const(int)* b) {a = b; }
void main() {
   immutable(int)* a;
   auto b = (new int[](5)).ptr;
   f(a, b);
   //if this compiles I have just assigned a mutable pointer
   //to an immutable one
}

immutable(int)* does not convert to immutable(const)*.

Andrei