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Re: C++ FE stripping const qualifiers from function prototypes (bug or feature?)
- From: Paolo Carlini <paolo dot carlini at oracle dot com>
- To: Diego Novillo <dnovillo at google dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Lawrence Crowl <crowl at google dot com>, Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:32:54 +0100
- Subject: Re: C++ FE stripping const qualifiers from function prototypes (bug or feature?)
- References: <b798aad50903120342r7ba8809fj93f35f275a8d5c84@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
> Notice how the third argument is 'int' instead of 'const int'. Is
> this the way C++ is supposed to behave or is this a bug in the FE?
>
Well, I would say this is a rather well known C++ feature not a bug. It
took me a little time finding the exact section of the standard where it
is stated but I think finally I found it: but last item of 13.1/3. Also,
8.3.5/3.
Paolo.