Re: <const> everywhere

I think the best option is to add "const" keyword which means "local 
<const>". (But that can be confusing, and... it turns out, you can add a 
second tag using "const <tag>"? Sigh.)
среда, 15 апреля 2026 г. в 09:44:33 UTC+5, Martin Eden: 

> Hello guys,
>
> I'm writing new code in Lua 5.5 and trying that new "<const>"
> attribute for declarations. In short
>
>   local <const> a, b = 1, 2
>
> blocks writing to "a" and "b".
>
> And
>
>   local a <const>, b = 1, 2
>
> blocks writing to "a".
>
>
> That "<const>" is spreading just like "local":
>
>   local <const> MyModernFunction = function() end
>
>   local <const> MyModernTable = {}
>
> For my case more than half use cases can be marked "<const>".
>
>
> Maybe we can have "<var>" to mark write-enabled locations and
> make "<const>" default?
>
> (Like my wish to have "local" attribute as default.)
>
> -- Martin
>
>

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