Hi, what is the different between the following two ways to use const
in a function definition:
1. const Array &operator=(cons t Array &);
2. int getSize() const;
keyword const to the left of return type and to the right of the
parameter list, what is the different here? I know for the 2nd case,
the function can not modify the object's data member.
Thanks a lot
-Holly
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"blueblueblue20 05" <zh******@gmail .com> wrote in message Hi, what is the different between the following two ways to use const
in a function definition:
These are not function definitions; they are declarations.
1. const Array &operator=(cons t Array &);
The assignment operator takes a reference to const Array object and returns
a reference to const Array object too.
2. int getSize() const;
getSize takes no parameters and returns an int. It promises to not mutate
the object on which this member function has been called.
Sharad
blueblueblue200 5 wrote: Hi, what is the different between the following two ways to use const
in a function definition:
Both below statements are function declarations and not definitions.
Definition is when you write code in the function.
1. const Array &operator=(cons t Array &);
Function returns a ref to a constant array.
2. int getSize() const;
If declared inside a class this means it cannot modify the values of
the class data members. I guess this can be over-ridden if you decl a
data member as mutable. Not sure though.
keyword const to the left of return type and to the right of the
parameter list, what is the different here? I know for the 2nd case,
the function can not modify the object's data member.
Thanks a lot
-Holly
they are declarations, sorry for the confusion, I just saved typing the
body of the function definition. and they are the member function of a
class. Thanks a lot, now I know the difference, one can not modify the
object itself, the other one can modify the object, but return a const
data
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