readonly was the original proposed name, if I remember my D&E [0] correctly. Bjarne outlined in that book why he went with const instead, but I forget why off t

readonly was the original proposed name, if I remember my D&E [0] correctly. Bjarne outlined in that book why he went with const instead, but I forget why off the top of my head. I guess it's tine for a re-read! [0] The Design and Evolution of C++