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From: rpk@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Robert Krajewski)
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Subject: const Performance benefits {Was: const is not object-oriented}
Summary: Why bother ?
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Date: 16 Nov 90 22:44:59 GMT
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I'm no language innocent, but I'm not familiar with the performance
benefits of using const.  (I'm certainly aware of the safety
benefits.)

The only one I could think of is that the compiler could re-order
function calls in expressions.

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Robert P. Krajewski
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