static data members inside constant function ?

[kevinchkin]

Hey Guys,

I was reading about bitwise constness. It says that, inside a constant member function we can only modify static members. I was just wondering as to why they allowed even static members to be modified? Shouldn't everything be constant?

Please let me know

Thanks

[Disch]

const member functions imply that 'this' is constant. Static variables do not requite the use of 'this' and therefore are not constant.

[kevinchkin]

Aha. Makes perfect sense. Thanks Disch.