vector and const

Question

Consider this

 void f(vector& p)
 {
 }
 int main()
 { 
  vector nonConstVec;
  f(nonConstVec);
 }

The followi

Answer 1

vector and vector are unrelated types. The fact that T can be converted to const T doesn't mean a thing here.

You have to think about it from a type system's standpoint. Instantiated vector doesn't have anything in common with vector.