Question

I got that error with this code:

const string body = HighPoint; // HighPoint is a string arg passed in to the method

…and was able to work around it by removing the constant:

string body = HighPoint; 

…or, of course, assigning a constant value:

const string body = "My Dinner with Andre";

…but is “my way not a very sporting way”? (gratuitous Princess Bride reference)

Answer 1

The keyword const in C# means a compile-time constant. It is different from C++ and C, where the same keyword requires only a run-time const-ness.