const return value and template instantiation
- by Rimo
From Herb Sutter's GotW #6
Return-by-value should normally be const for non-builtin return types.
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Note: Lakos (pg. 618) argues against returning const value,
and notes that it is redundant for builtins anyway
(for example, returning "const int"), which he notes may
interfere with template instantiation.
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While Sutter seems to disagree on whether to return a const value or non-const value when returning an object of a non-built type by value with Lakos, he generally agrees that returning a const value of a built-in type (e.g const int) is not a good idea.
While I understand why that is useless because the return value cannot be modified as it is an rvalue, I cannot find an example of how that might interfere with template instantiation.
Please give me an example of how having a const qualifier for a return type might interfere with template instantiation.
