你用const能做到什么程度?你只是在必要的时候才把函数变成const,还是从头到尾到处都用它?例如,想象一个简单的变异子,它接受一个布尔参数:

void SetValue(const bool b) { my_val_ = b; }

这个const真的有用吗?就我个人而言,我选择广泛地使用它,包括参数,但在这种情况下,我想知道它是否值得?

我还惊讶地发现,你可以在函数声明中的形参中省略const,但可以在函数定义中包含它,例如:

. h文件

void func(int n, long l);

. cpp文件

void func(const int n, const long l)

这有什么原因吗?这对我来说有点不寻常。


当前回答

你的例子中所有的const都没有目的。c++默认情况下是值传递的,因此该函数获得这些整型和布尔型的副本。即使函数修改了它们,调用者的副本也不会受到影响。

所以我会避免额外的const,因为

他们redudant 他们弄得乱七八糟 文本 他们阻止我 更改传入的值 它可能有用或有效的情况。

其他回答

我倾向于尽可能使用const。(或其他适合目标语言的关键字。)我这样做纯粹是因为它允许编译器做额外的优化,否则它无法做。因为我不知道这些优化可能是什么,我总是这样做,即使它看起来很傻。

据我所知,编译器很可能看到一个const值形参,然后说:“嘿,这个函数无论如何都没有修改它,所以我可以通过引用传递并节省一些时钟周期。”我不认为它会做这样的事情,因为它改变了函数的签名,但它说明了这一点。也许它会做一些不同的堆栈操作之类的…重点是,我不知道,但我知道试图比编译器更聪明只会让我感到羞耻。

c++有一些额外的包袱,有常量正确性的思想,所以它变得更加重要。

啊,一个棘手的问题。一方面,声明是一个契约,按值传递const参数确实没有意义。另一方面,如果查看函数实现,如果声明参数常量,则会给编译器更多优化机会。

我知道这个问题“有点”过时了,但当我遇到它时,其他人可能也会在未来这样做... ...我仍然怀疑这个可怜的家伙会在这里列出我的评论:)

It seems to me that we are still too confined to C-style way of thinking. In the OOP paradigma we play around with objects, not types. Const object may be conceptually different from a non-const object, specifically in the sense of logical-const (in contrast to bitwise-const). Thus even if const correctness of function params is (perhaps) an over-carefulness in case of PODs it is not so in case of objects. If a function works with a const object it should say so. Consider the following code snippet

#include <iostream>

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
class SharedBuffer {
private:

  int fakeData;

  int const & Get_(int i) const
  {

    std::cout << "Accessing buffer element" << std::endl;
    return fakeData;

  }

public:

  int & operator[](int i)
  {

    Unique();
    return const_cast<int &>(Get_(i));

  }

  int const & operator[](int i) const
  {

    return Get_(i);

  }

  void Unique()
  {

    std::cout << "Making buffer unique (expensive operation)" << std::endl;

  }

};

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
void NonConstF(SharedBuffer x)
{

  x[0] = 1;

}

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
void ConstF(const SharedBuffer x)
{

  int q = x[0];

}

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
int main()
{

  SharedBuffer x;

  NonConstF(x);

  std::cout << std::endl;

  ConstF(x);

  return 0;

}

附注:你可能会认为(const)引用在这里更合适,并提供相同的行为。嗯,对的。只是给出了与我在其他地方看到的不同的画面……

If the parameter is passed by value (and is not a reference), usually there is not much difference whether the parameter is declared as const or not (unless it contains a reference member -- not a problem for built-in types). If the parameter is a reference or pointer, it is usually better to protect the referenced/pointed-to memory, not the pointer itself (I think you cannot make the reference itself const, not that it matters much as you cannot change the referee). It seems a good idea to protect everything you can as const. You can omit it without fear of making a mistake if the parameters are just PODs (including built-in types) and there is no chance of them changing further along the road (e.g. in your example the bool parameter).

I didn't know about the .h/.cpp file declaration difference, but it does make some sense. At the machine code level, nothing is "const", so if you declare a function (in the .h) as non-const, the code is the same as if you declare it as const (optimizations aside). However, it helps you to enlist the compiler that you will not change the value of the variable inside the implementation of the function (.ccp). It might come handy in the case when you're inheriting from an interface that allows change, but you don't need to change to parameter to achieve the required functionality.

当参数按值传递时,Const是没有意义的,因为你不会修改调用者的对象。

通过引用传递时应优先使用Const,除非函数的目的是修改传递的值。

最后,不修改当前对象(this)的函数可以,也可能应该声明为const。下面是一个例子:

int SomeClass::GetValue() const {return m_internalValue;}

这是一个不修改应用此调用的对象的承诺。换句话说,你可以调用:

const SomeClass* pSomeClass;
pSomeClass->GetValue();

如果函数不是const,则会导致编译器警告。