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0 pointsrightbyte2y ago0 comments

When you are using the function, ye. Not when you are writing it. And if you someday want to change a const method to non-const you could have a cascading constness change all over the place.

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protomolecule2y ago

But usually functions are used more than once.

"cascading constness change"

Which is good because invoking code may rely on function being read-only.

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0 pointsrightbyte2y ago0 comments

When you are using the function, ye. Not when you are writing it. And if you someday want to change a const method to non-const you could have a cascading constness change all over the place.

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protomolecule2y ago

But usually functions are used more than once.

"cascading constness change"

Which is good because invoking code may rely on function being read-only.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse