Why is my return type meaningless?

Question

I am trying to use a return type of const MyClass * const. However, I get a warning:

Warning: #815-D: type qualifier on return type is m

Answer 1

One simple way of making sure you're defining the return type you want is to always add modifiers on the right (as opposed to left) side of original type.

MyClass                 // MyClass object
MyClass const           // MyClass object which can't be modified
MyClass const &         // reference of an unmodifiable MyClass object 
MyClass const *         // pointer to an unmodifiable MyClass object
MyClass const * const   // unmodifiable pointer to an unmodifiable MyClass object
MyClass const * const & // reference of an unmodifiable pointer to an unmodifiable MyClass object

That should help make sure your return types are never meaningless again :)