Hi, On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: > I agree that one useful distinction is whether a particular kind of object > is every manipulated via const pointers or references. If we never use const > references/pointers to a particular kind of object, then it is probably not > useful to maintain const-correctness discipline for that class.
I don't agree with this. I see no harm in maintaining const correctness on objects, even if they are not currently manipulated through const references/pointers. They provide clear, self-documenting evidence that the object design intends that certain methods do not visibly alter the object. I fail to see how abandoning const correctness can do anything but cause us to start missing bugs that we would otherwise have found via compiler errors. -Brent _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
