[fpc-pascal] Writeable typed constants - what's the point?

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Florian Klaempfl said:
> > 
> > Not everything was done correctly 10 years ago (or first time round).
> 
> Nevertheless, writable typed constants are simply an important part of
> Borland style Object Pascal.

Is it, since D4 also supports var? I agree it is a sterile difference, but it
provides an alternative to the use of CONST.