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Why Can't we make constructor as constant

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hello friends
I want to know that why can't we make a consturctor function a constant function.
Please provide the solution
Sep 22 '06 #1
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hello friends
I want to know that why can't we make a consturctor function a constant function.
Please provide the solution
A constant member function cannot modify any data members or call any member functions that aren't constant. If you really think about the uses of the constructor, you might be convinced that it would therefore be useless to define a constructor as constant
Sep 22 '06 #2

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