http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2495

           Summary: const syntax for member functions needs better
                    description
           Product: D
           Version: 2.021
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: www.digitalmars.com
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: jlquinn@optonline.net


The syntax for declaring const member functions is not very clear.  There is no grammar.  You need to infer from various examples what to do.  For instance:

class B {}
class A {
  B x;
  const B getB() { return B; }
}

doesn't compile, because this is a const function returning a nonconst value. I had to find the answer on a forum.  It's challenging to figure this out from the docs:

class B {}
class A {
  B x;
  const const(B) getB() { return B; }
}

Examples covering more use cases would probably help, as well as more formally describing how const is specified.  Perhaps modifying the example of an invariant member function to return a value (other than string) would help.


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--- Comment #1 from github-bugzilla@puremagic.com 2012-01-22 20:53:31 PST ---
Commit pushed to https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/d-programming-language.org

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/d-programming-language.org/commit/ad5b50b8bdcc4fd4d26ee4087849843575ab30f2 fix Issue 2495 - const syntax for member functions needs better description

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Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |bugzilla@digitalmars.com
         Resolution|                            |FIXED


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