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From: pdimov@mmltd.net (Peter Dimov)
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Subject: Are literals const?
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:17:28 GMT
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What do you think about this piece of code:

int main()
{
  int const & r = 5;
  const_cast<int &>(r) = 6;
}

Is this legal? I think that it is. Literals aren't const (they are
about 90% const, but not 100% const.)

Similarly:

int f()
{
  return 5;
}

int main()
{
  int const & r = f();
  const_cast<int &>(r) = 6;
}

Do we _really_ need non-const literals and rvalues (of built-in
types)?

--
Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.

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