What is the difference between
void func(const Class *myClass)
and
void func(Class *const myClass)
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The difference is that for
You point to a class that you cannot change because it is const. But you can modify the myClass pointer (let it point to another class; this don’t have any side effects to the caller because it’s pointer is copied, it only changes your local the pointer copy) In contrast
Now myClass points to a class that can be modified while you cannot change the parameter.