Const correctness for value parameters

Question

I know there are few question about const correctness where it is stated that the declaration of a function and its definition do not need to agree for value parameters. Thi

Answer 1

My take on it:

It's not a bad idea, but the issue is minor and your energy might be better spent on other things.

In your question you provided a good example of when it might catch an error, but occasionally you also end up doing something like this:

void foo(const int count ...)
{
   int temp = count;  // can't modify count, so we need a copy of it
   ++temp;

   /* ... */
}

The pros and cons are minor either way.