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If so why not fix const? Why add a whole new keyword? Why complicate the language?
by quelsolaar 3y ago
If so why not fix const? Why add a whole new keyword? Why complicate the language?
- flohofwoe 3y agoDon't know, you're in WG14, not me :D Maybe 'const' can't be fixed without breaking existing source code? I don't really have a problem with adding a new keyword for 'actually const', maybe calling it 'constexpr' means C++ people have wrong expectations though, dunno. For me, having constexpr being explicit about only accepting actual constant expressions, and creating an error otherwise (instead of silently falling back to a 'runtime expression') is fine, but the existing keyword 'const' has an entirely different meaning, there's just an unfortunate naming collision with other languages where const means 'compile time constant'.