When and for what purposes should the const keyword be used in C …
It has been pointed that this question may be too broad due to all these questions in the detail of my question. I just wanted to clarify that these questions are just to clarify the confusion regarding the …
coding style - In C/C++, should I use 'const' in parameters and local ...
Oct 5, 2016 · In C/C++, should I use const whenever possible? I know there is already a related question about using const in parameters. Unfortunately that question and it's answers don't fully …
Should I be using const more in C++? - Software Engineering Stack …
Nov 2, 2016 · If your code isn't const correct, you're making it much harder for the code that's using your code to be const correct. So if you don't write const correct public interfaces, you force people to …
Is it a good idea to const-qualify the fields of structure in C?
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Benefits or otherwise of using const during variable assignment
Aug 29, 2017 · The clean const approach: Of course const_cast is something risky, and should be avoided if possible. And that's where the second level benefit of using const appears: you become …
Is there any benefit to to define constant local variables as static ...
Jun 9, 2017 · A static const local variable is a variable that does not change and is initialized or constructed only once; the first time the function is called. Local static const variables are not stored …
Why use `const foo = () => {}` instead of `function foo() {}`
Jan 17, 2018 · Edit added 2+ years later I "checked" the @dandavis answer because it answers my original question, giving reasons to prefer const foo. However, I am completely …
c style casts or c++ style casts - Software Engineering Stack Exchange
C-style casts are only unsafe only when casting to pointers or references, especially when classes are involved. In all other cases, C-style casts are fine, and (I believe) improve readability compared to …
c - What is the history for naming constants in all uppercase ...
May 28, 2016 · 27 What is the history behind the convention of naming constants in all uppercase? My intuition is that it started with the C preprocessor, where people developed a practice to name …
design - C Const Safety with Struct Data Pointers - Software ...
Apr 23, 2021 · Would const int32_t * const restrict pData work? I think that says that pData is a const pointer to a const int, but it's been a while since I used C much and I made minimal use of const at …