May be this wont be a valid argument. but if we increment the value of a const variable inside a function compiler will give us an error: "error: increment of read-only parameter". so that means we can use const key word as a way to prevent accidentally modifying our variables inside functions(which we are not supposed to/read-only). so if we accidentally did it at the compile time compiler will let us know that. this is specially important if you are not the only one who is working on this project.

使用const时要记住的一点是，从一开始就将对象设为const要比稍后再尝试将它们放入要容易得多。

当你想要某些东西保持不变时，使用const -它是一个附加的提示，描述了你的函数做什么以及期望什么。我见过许多C API可以处理其中的一些，特别是那些接受C -string的API !

我更倾向于省略cpp文件中的const关键字，而不是头，但由于我倾向于剪切+粘贴它们，它们将同时保留在两个地方。我不知道为什么编译器允许这样做，我猜这是编译器的事情。最佳实践肯定是将const关键字放在两个文件中。

If the parameter is passed by value (and is not a reference), usually there is not much difference whether the parameter is declared as const or not (unless it contains a reference member -- not a problem for built-in types). If the parameter is a reference or pointer, it is usually better to protect the referenced/pointed-to memory, not the pointer itself (I think you cannot make the reference itself const, not that it matters much as you cannot change the referee). It seems a good idea to protect everything you can as const. You can omit it without fear of making a mistake if the parameters are just PODs (including built-in types) and there is no chance of them changing further along the road (e.g. in your example the bool parameter).

I didn't know about the .h/.cpp file declaration difference, but it does make some sense. At the machine code level, nothing is "const", so if you declare a function (in the .h) as non-const, the code is the same as if you declare it as const (optimizations aside). However, it helps you to enlist the compiler that you will not change the value of the variable inside the implementation of the function (.ccp). It might come handy in the case when you're inheriting from an interface that allows change, but you don't need to change to parameter to achieve the required functionality.

当我以编写c++为生时，我尽可能地压缩了所有东西。使用const是一种帮助编译器帮助你的好方法。例如，const你的方法返回值可以避免你输入错误，例如:

foo() = 42

你的意思是:

foo() == 42

如果foo()被定义为返回一个非const引用:

int& foo() { /* ... */ }

编译器很乐意让您为函数调用返回的匿名临时对象赋值。使其为const:

const int& foo() { /* ... */ }

消除了这种可能性。

我不会把const放在形参上——每个人都知道布尔值(而不是布尔&)是常量，所以添加它会让人们认为“等等，什么?”或者甚至认为你是通过引用传递形参的。

我说const你的值形参。

考虑这个bug函数:

bool isZero(int number)
{
  if (number = 0)  // whoops, should be number == 0
    return true;
  else
    return false;
}

如果number形参是const，编译器将停止并警告我们这个错误。