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Jack
Jack

Reputation: 16724

'constexpr' non-static member function will not be implicitly 'const' in C++1y; add 'const' to avoid a change in behavior

clang++ give the following warning(see code below):

'constexpr' non-static member function will not be implicitly 'const' in C++1y; add 'const' to avoid a change in behavior

Where should the const be add so? const constexpr size_t getSize() { give another warning:

'const' type qualifier on return type has no effect

code: 

constexpr size_t getSize()
{
    return sizeof(header);
}

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2339

Answers (2)

happydave
happydave

Reputation: 7187

I believe it's telling you that the member function can't be called on a const object as of C++1y.

Add const after getSize() to make it a const member function:

constexpr size_t getsize() const { ... }

Upvotes: 15

Richard Smith
Richard Smith

Reputation: 14158

Complete testcase:

struct S {
  constexpr int getSize();
};

Diagnostic:

tmp.cc:2:17: warning: 'constexpr' non-static member function will not be
        implicitly 'const' in C++1y; add 'const' to avoid a change in
        behavior [-Wconstexpr-not-const]
  constexpr int getSize();
                ^
                          const

Note in particular the bottom line of the output. That's called a 'fix-it hint' and shows you the text you need to insert (and where to insert it) to fix the problem.

(In this case, the text starts with a leading space, making it slightly less clear that it should be inserted before the semicolon, not afterwards.)

Upvotes: 1

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