Re: [boost] Re: Review: Boost Coding Guidelines

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-26 15:04:57

> Tim Butler wrote:

> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 6.7. Place const after the base type it modifies. This simple rule
> makes it
> > easier to write type declarations correctly and will make your
> declarations
> > consistent with compiler-generated type descriptions in error
> messages.
> 
> o I disagree with this simply because I suspect the "const before"
>   form is more familiar to most people. 

        The rule was written to get people
to change from inconsistent habits:

        T const * const * const * const x = ..

is consistent.

        const T * const * const * const x = ..

plainly isn't. 

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