This:
cout << std::is_const<const int*>::value;
prints out false and I’d think that it should print true. Why does it print false?
This: cout << std::is_const<const int*>::value; prints out false and I’d think that it should
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This:
cout << std::is_const<const int*>::value;
prints out false and I’d think that it should print true. Why does it print false?
As others have mentioned, what you have is a non-const pointer to a
const int. You are asking if the pointer is const, and it isn’t, it can be changed. It just points to something which is const. If you want to know if the pointed-to type is const, something like this should work: