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From: vjm@endor.harvard.edu (Victor Milenkovic)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: consts in classes
Keywords: const member class
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Date: 16 Nov 88 18:39:19 GMT
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The question was raised whether constant class members are useful,
whether they vary from instance to instance, and how they can be
initialized.

Constant members that vary from instance to instance exist are useful.
For example your name and social security number are constants that
differ from those of other instances of class "human".  See page 297
(Section 10. Function Definitions) of Stroustrup's book for the
appropriate initialization syntax.

Victor Milenkovic
Harvard University
vjm@endor.harvard.edu