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Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ). 

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danny.gratzer@gmail.com wrote:

> I see, are there any other modifiers that can be placed in that position
> besides const?

Yes, a member function may be declared as const and/or volatile.

Just to provide you with some insight, in the C++ programming language 
member functions may be interpreted as being funcions which have an implicit 
parameter which takes a pointer to an object of a particular class.  So, 
conceptually, in the following example both Foo::member_do() and 
function_do(Foo *) would be equivalent:

<code>
class Foo
{
public:
    void member_do() {};
};

void function_do(Foo *)
{
}
</code>

With this in mind, when you declare a member function as const, volatile or 
const volatile, you are declaring how that function accesses the pointer to 
an object of that class.   So, tweaking the previous example, the following 
would also be equivalent:

<code>
class Foo
{
public:
    void member_do() const {};
    void member_do() volatile {};
    void member_do() const volatile {};
};

void function_do(const Foo *)
{
}

void function_do(volatile Foo *)
{
}

void function_do(const volatile Foo *)
{
}
</code>


Hope this helps,
Rui Maciel

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Question on Basic Function Syntax Danny Gratzer <danny.gratzer@gmail.com> - 2012-04-08 12:40 -0700
  Re: Question on Basic Function Syntax Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2012-04-08 12:42 -0700
    "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  @Jeff-Relf.Me - 2012-04-08 12:56 -0700
      Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  danny.gratzer@gmail.com - 2012-04-08 13:11 -0700
        Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-04-08 22:22 +0100
      Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  danny.gratzer@gmail.com - 2012-04-08 13:04 -0700
        Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-04-08 16:46 -0400
          Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  Marc <marc.glisse@gmail.com> - 2012-04-08 21:03 +0000
          Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2012-04-08 23:35 +0200
      Re: "f() const;", defined inside a struct ( i.e. a "class" ).  nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-04-10 04:05 -0700
    Re: Question on Basic Function Syntax Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-04-09 08:03 +0000
      Re: Question on Basic Function Syntax Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-10 14:12 +0000
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