When have you used C++ 'mutable' keyword? [closed]

Answer 1

In mock objects to capture the value of arguments of const functions in a member variable.

class Source
{
public:
    virtual ~Source() {}
    virtual std::string read(int count) const=0;
};

class SourceMock : public Source
{
public:
    mutable std::vector arguments;
    std::string read(int count) const {
        arguments.push_back(count);
        return "...";
    }
};

//TEST....
SourceMock mock;
//...
VERIFY(mock.arguments.size()==2);
VERIFY(mock.arguments[0]==3);
//...