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From: clarkcox3@yahoo.com (Clark S. Cox III)
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Subject: Re: Are literals const?
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Peter Dimov <pdimov@mmltd.net> wrote:

> 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.)

    Literals aren't objects. In the code above, a temporary object is
created with the value 5, a reference is then made to that temporary
object, and 6 is assigned to that temporary object.


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