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Re: Defect Report [class.this]/2

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On 2011-04-25 20:14, James Kanze wrote:
>
>  This is probably editorial, but it should be fixed.
>  [class.this]/9 states:
>
>        In a const member function, the object for which the
>        function is called is accessed through a const access
>        path; therefore, a const member function shall not
>        modify the object and its non-static data members.
>
>  This is clearly wrong: a const member function may modify the
>  object through another, non-const pointer, it may modify mutable
>  members, and it may cast away const, and modify anything in the
>  object.
>
>  The effects of const on the type of this are clearly stated in
>  the preceding paragraph; I would just drop this paragraph
>  (perhaps keeping the example, attaching it to the previous
>  paragraph, and adding more comment to the error case, along the
>  lines of "since 'a++' is 'this->a++', and 'this' has type 'const
>  s'").

Forwarded to core working group.

Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Krügler


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