const objects ->const member functions?

puzzlecracker

I am just curious: if you declare an object constant - can it call NOT
constant member functions of the class or only constant ones?
are there generic rules for such objects?
THANKs

Jul 23 '05 #1

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Noah Roberts

puzzlecracker wrote:

I am just curious: if you declare an object constant - can it call NOT
constant member functions of the class or only constant ones?
I believe only const member functions may be called on a const object.

are there generic rules for such objects?

const objects are meant to be non-changing. A function that will not
alter the instance it is operating on should be labeled as const to
represent this fact. Member functions that do change the internals of
their instances must not be used on an object that is not supposed to
change.

It is pretty straight forward if you keep in mind what 'const' means.
It means 'constant'.

Hope that helps.

Jul 23 '05 #2

Siemel Naran

"puzzlecracker" <ir*********@gmail.com> wrote in message

I am just curious: if you declare an object constant - can it call NOT
constant member functions of the class or only constant ones?
It can only call constant ones.
are there generic rules for such objects?

What do you mean?

Jul 23 '05 #3

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