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From: "Eric Lemings" <eric@lemings.com>
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Subject: Const in default function arguments?
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 22:10:00 -0000
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[elemings@cyberia c++]$ g++ --version
g++ (GCC) 3.2.2
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[elemings@cyberia c++]$ more Test01.cpp

#include <iostream>

struct Foo {
  int i;
};

struct Bar: public Foo {
  // empty class body
};

void G (const Foo& f = Bar ()) {
  std::cout << f.i << std::endl;
}

[elemings@cyberia c++]$ diff Test01.cpp Test02.cpp
12c12
< void G (const Foo& f = Bar ()) {
---
> void G (Foo& f = Bar ()) {
[elemings@cyberia c++]$ g++ -g -Wall -pedantic -c Test01.cpp
[elemings@cyberia c++]$ g++ -g -Wall -pedantic -c Test02.cpp
Test02.cpp:12: default argument for `Foo&f' has type `Bar'

Why won't the non-const version compile?