const functions?

[saneman]

Does the two below declarations mean the same?


iterator find(const key_type &) const;

iterator find(key_type const &) const;


As can be seen they only differ by the const in the argument.

 

[Victor Bazarov]

Does the two below declarations mean the same?


iterator find(const key_type &) const;

iterator find(key_type const &) const;


As can be seen they only differ by the const in the argument.

They don't differ. The position of 'const' WRT the type it
makes const does not matter.

V