const*const - what is the purpose of this?

[Jesús Corrius]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Noel Grandin <noel at peralex.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm seeing declarations like this scattered around the SW module:
> e.g. in sw/inc/swtable.hxx at line 301
>
>  static SwTable * FindTable( SwFrmFmt const*const pFmt );
>
> As far as I can tell from my limited C++ knowledge, this is the same as the
> more common definition:
>
>  static SwTable * FindTable( const SwFrmFmt * pFmt );
>
> i.e. the second const serves no purpose - or am I missing something?

You are missing something :)

An interesting read:

http://duramecho.com/ComputerInformation/WhyHowCppConst.html

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Jesús Corrius <jesus at softcatala.org>