On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:20:08 -0400, deadalnix <deadal...@gmail.com> wrote:
Const is a bridge between mutable and immutable world. The guarantee proposed with const is that it never mutate an immutable data. This is slightly different than how const is implemented actually, but still ensure that no immutable data is muted.
No. Const is a contract saying the function will not modify the data given to it via that parameter. It's useful when reasoning about code.
When you can modify data passed via a const pointer the entire concept of const becomes convention.
-Steve
