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bartels@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Jeff Bartels 283-4167) writes:

> The Object class contains member functions which look like this:
> 
> virtual int isSortable( const _FAR & Object ) const;
> 
> My questions are: 
> 
> 1) What meaning does the use of the const modifier have for the
> definition of the member function? I have found no references to this either 
> the Borland manuals, or other C++ books.

I understand from MicroSoft's documentation that it means that within
the routine isSortable the object is not modified.  In other words,
"*this" is const.


> 2) Is this notation a Borland extension to the language? Has it gone before
> the committee that is building the C++ standard?

It is used in one generic C++ book I have read (although the author
mentioned BC++, so that may have had some influence), and it is certainly
a construct used by MSC7.  With MSC, you can also add the __near and __far
qualifiers to cast *this accordingly.



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