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Variable declaration to be 'final' by default

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Description

I have observed that in my code the most variables I declare are 'final' and rarely I use some 'non final' variable declaration.

`final int id = 1;`
`id = 2 // The final variable 'id' can only be set once.`

I would propose the variables in Dart to be final by default without the keyword 'final' before the type of variable. This would save some typing.

`int id = 1;`
`id = 2 // The final variable 'id' can only be set once.`

It could be introduced the keyword 'mutable' to declare a non-final variable

`mutable int id = 1;`
`id = 2 // Accepted`

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Tech stack
dart
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Newbie friendliness
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