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constness

constness

English

Noun

constness ‎(uncountable)

(programming) The declaration of variables or objects as immutable.
- 1995, Embedded Systems Programming (volume 8, page 180)
  If you want to change a class member inside a const member function, the traditional approach is to cast away constness by saying (X*)this.

Related terms

const correctness

Translations

declaration of objects as immutable