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   title="NEW --- - explain why a variable is const"
   href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=19139">19139</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>explain why a variable is const
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
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          <td>P
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          <td>C++
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          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>nlewycky@google.com
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          <td>dgregor@apple.com, llvmbugs@cs.uiuc.edu
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        <pre>Clang should explain why a variable is read-only.

nlewycky@ducttape:~$ cat c.cc
const int k = 1;
void f() { k = 0; }
class X {
  int i;
  const int j = 1;
  void f() const { i = 0; }
  void g() { j = 0; }
};

nlewycky@ducttape:~$ llvm/Debug+Asserts/bin/clang c.cc -std=c++11
c.cc:2:14: error: read-only variable is not assignable
void f() { k = 0; }
           ~ ^
c.cc:6:22: error: read-only variable is not assignable
  void f() const { i = 0; }
                   ~ ^
c.cc:7:16: error: read-only variable is not assignable
  void g() { j = 0; }
             ~ ^
3 errors generated.

There are const's to point to in each of those cases.</pre>
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