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Subject: Re: I think references should have been const by default
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Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:

> There's literally zero reason not to use 'const' for pointers that
> are not intended to be used to modify the values they are pointing to.

There is literally zero chance that this statement is not hyperbole.