final is in the list of attributes on
   <http://www.digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html>
but I found nothing else.

Is it like Java "final"?

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Helmut Leitner    leitner@hls.via.at Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

Helmut Leitner wrote:
> final is in the list of attributes on
>    <http://www.digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html>
> but I found nothing else.
> 
> Is it like Java "final"?

Yeah, a method that cannot be overloaded.  The method can often be inlined as well; I use it for that and for methods which should be overloaded at a different point.

Burton Radons wrote:
> 
> Helmut Leitner wrote:
> > final is in the list of attributes on
> >    <http://www.digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html>
> > but I found nothing else.
> >
> > Is it like Java "final"?
> 
> Yeah, a method that cannot be overloaded.  The method can often be inlined as well; I use it for that and for methods which should be overloaded at a different point.

Mmmh. In Java it is also used for variables that can
be set but not reset. A kind of const. IIRC.

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Helmut Leitner    leitner@hls.via.at Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

You do, and I like the concept.

Is there nothing similar in D? Should be, if not

"Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner@chello.at> wrote in message news:3E85F16F.3C55EEAF@chello.at...
>
>
> Burton Radons wrote:
> >
> > Helmut Leitner wrote:
> > > final is in the list of attributes on
> > >    <http://www.digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html>
> > > but I found nothing else.
> > >
> > > Is it like Java "final"?
> >
> > Yeah, a method that cannot be overloaded.  The method can often be inlined as well; I use it for that and for methods which should be overloaded at a different point.
>
> Mmmh. In Java it is also used for variables that can
> be set but not reset. A kind of const. IIRC.
>
> --
> Helmut Leitner    leitner@hls.via.at
> Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

Add another vote for that, please...
(The name could be something better, though.)

Luna Kid

"Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:b657ur$d4d$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> You do, and I like the concept.
>
> Is there nothing similar in D? Should be, if not
>
> "Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner@chello.at> wrote in message news:3E85F16F.3C55EEAF@chello.at...
> >
> >
> > Burton Radons wrote:
> > >
> > > Helmut Leitner wrote:
> > > > final is in the list of attributes on
> > > >    <http://www.digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html>
> > > > but I found nothing else.
> > > >
> > > > Is it like Java "final"?
> > >
> > > Yeah, a method that cannot be overloaded.  The method can often be inlined as well; I use it for that and for methods which should be overloaded at a different point.
> >
> > Mmmh. In Java it is also used for variables that can
> > be set but not reset. A kind of const. IIRC.

"Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b65o3b$o85$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Add another vote for that, please...
> (The name could be something better, though.)
>
> Luna Kid

I also like the idea. Here are some naming ideas:

invar (invariable)
unvar (unvary)
persist (persistent)
dconst (dynamic constant)
rconst (runtime constant)

personally I prefur persist.

> "Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:b657ur$d4d$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > You do, and I like the concept.
> >
> > Is there nothing similar in D? Should be, if not
> >
> > "Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner@chello.at> wrote in message news:3E85F16F.3C55EEAF@chello.at...
> > >
> > >
> > > Burton Radons wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Helmut Leitner wrote:
> > > > > final is in the list of attributes on
> > > > >    <http://www.digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html>
> > > > > but I found nothing else.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it like Java "final"?
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, a method that cannot be overloaded.  The method can often be inlined as well; I use it for that and for methods which should be overloaded at a different point.
> > >
> > > Mmmh. In Java it is also used for variables that can
> > > be set but not reset. A kind of const. IIRC.
>
>

"anderson" <anderson@badmama.com.au> wrote in message news:b67g8g$1rhu$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> "Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b65o3b$o85$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Add another vote for that, please...
> > (The name could be something better, though.)
> >
> > Luna Kid
>
> I also like the idea. Here are some naming ideas:
>
> invar (invariable)
> unvar (unvary)
> persist (persistent)
> dconst (dynamic constant)
> rconst (runtime constant)
>
> personally I prefur persist.
>

Sorry dude, but it's yuck! to all of them. I'd rather use final. At least it has a relatively well-known history.

I really hate persist, since who know's whether we may have some mechanism in D in the future to automatically persist objects, in which case this keyword would very likely be needed for that.

> > "Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:b657ur$d4d$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > You do, and I like the concept.
> > >
> > > Is there nothing similar in D? Should be, if not
> > >
> > > "Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner@chello.at> wrote in message news:3E85F16F.3C55EEAF@chello.at...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Burton Radons wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Helmut Leitner wrote:
> > > > > > final is in the list of attributes on
> > > > > >    <http://www.digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html>
> > > > > > but I found nothing else.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is it like Java "final"?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, a method that cannot be overloaded.  The method can often be inlined as well; I use it for that and for methods which should be overloaded at a different point.
> > > >
> > > > Mmmh. In Java it is also used for variables that can
> > > > be set but not reset. A kind of const. IIRC.
> >
> >
>
>