[Exceptional C++ Style] Fw: const data - was Item 17

[Paul Grenyer]

Hi All

Jon Jagger, who is now on this list, sent me the following clarification of
his comments at the ACCU conference:

> Just to provide some context... When I said it didn't matter I meant
> that (IMHO) it didn't matter in that case. I did not mean to imply that
> it never matters. Some concrete context...
>
> The class in question represents a grammar. It contains one (const) data
> member for every non-terminal contained in the grammar. A grammar
> typically contains several hundred non-terminals. The file itself is
> generated by another program. The whole grammar is constant and contains
> no behaviour in and of itself. It is simply a large and reasonably
> intricately structured bit of constant data.

So, Jon's point was NOT about public data in general.

Regards
Paul

Paul Grenyer
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