------- Comment #5 from sigra at home dot se 2006-01-18 16:25 ------- (In reply to comment #3) > I still don't understand what this warning is useful for? > > const does nothing when it comes to local variables except for not letting > you touch it in other expressions. It does nothing for optimizations or > anything else.
That is what const does for local variables. It is useful for preventing unintended modifications which can cause bugs. That is why the feature exists at all. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25845
