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netbioserror | 1 month ago

Yeah, immutability should probably use a `let` keyword and compiler analysis should enforce value semantics on those declarations.

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phcreery|1 month ago

Agreed, using `var` keyword for something that is non-var-ying (aka immutable) is not very intuitive.

ekipan|1 month ago

Mutability is distinct from variability. In Javascript only because it's a pretty widely known syntax:

    const f = (x) => {
      const y = x + 1;
      return y + 1;
    }
y is an immutable variable. In f(3), y is 4, and in f(7), y is 8.

I've only glanced at this Zen-C thing but I presume it's the same story.