当const放在function声明后

#include <iostream>

class MyClass
{
private:
    int counter;
public:
    void Foo()
    {
        std::cout << "Foo" << std::endl;
    }

    void Foo() const
    {
        std::cout << "Foo const" << std::endl;
    }

};

int main()
{
    MyClass cc;
    const MyClass& ccc = cc;
    cc.Foo();
    ccc.Foo();
}

输出结果

Foo
Foo const

未使用const的方程，可以改变其实例成员，对使用了const的方程却不可。如果你使用以下方程，const方程中涉及实例比变量变更的语句不会被编译。

  void Foo()
    {
        counter++; //this works
        std::cout << "Foo" << std::endl;
    }

    void Foo() const
    {
        counter++; //this will not compile
        std::cout << "Foo const" << std::endl;
    }

若想在const方程中变更实例变量，可声明实例变量为mutable类型。

#include <iostream>

class MyClass
{
private:
    mutable int counter;
public:

    MyClass() : counter(0) {}

    void Foo()
    {
        counter++;
        std::cout << "Foo" << std::endl;
    }

    void Foo() const
    {
        counter++;
        std::cout << "Foo const" << std::endl;
    }

    int GetInvocations() const
    {
        return counter;
    }
};

int main(void)
{
    MyClass cc;
    const MyClass& ccc = cc;
    cc.Foo();
    ccc.Foo();
    std::cout << "Foo has been invoked " << ccc.GetInvocations() << " times" << endl;
}

输出结果

Foo
Foo const
Foo has been invoked 2 times