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>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Merrill <jason@cygnus.com> writes:
In article <u9n3ainrii.fsf@yorick.cygnus.com> jason@cygnus.com (Jason Merrill) writes:


>>>>> Bret Pehrson <BretP@strata3d.com> writes:
    >> Is the following legal?

    >> class base { static funkie(void) const; };

    Jason> Nope; the 'const' qualifier affects the 'this' parameter to
    Jason> a member function, so applying it to a static member
    Jason> function is meaningless.

Thanks Jason, I've wondered about that too.  If you can't mix
static and const, what way do we have of promising that a static
member function will not alter static data?  If there is no
way at the moment, perhaps the standard should provide one.

Don Bashford
bashford@scripps.edu

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