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Re: C++ FE stripping const qualifiers from function prototypes (bug or feature?)
Daniel Berlin wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini@oracle.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> But if it was following this and removing const qualifiers, shouldn't
> it have remove the const from const char * too?
> Or am i missing something?
It would remove the const from char * const, not from char const *.
cheers,
DaveK