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Subject: Re: [cfe-dev] Proposal: A "Const tool" for clang
From: Dmitri Gribenko <gribozavr () gmail ! com>
Date: 2013-02-05 5:58:57
Message-ID: CA+Y5xYdHv44MthNeCm_aK4v42FJbbafwmYV0+jZ2ycrriGyZ4w () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Broadly speaking, there are three places where const can be added to an existing \
> code base:
> * Parameters that are passed by reference or pointer can be passed by const pointer \
> or const reference.
> * object methods can be marked as const
> * Return values that are returned by pointer or reference can be returned by const \
> reference or const pointer. This may involve adding an additional function \
> alongside the original, differing only in the return value.
Local variables might require adding 'const', too. A dumb example:
int f(Z *z) {
Z *a = z->getA();
return a->getInt();
}
If there's a const and non-const overload of getA() and getInt(), then
one can actually add const everywhere in this example.
Dmitri
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