遇到的const问题

class Test { private: int x,y,z; string name; public: static int counter; Test(string name) { this->name=name+char('0'+(counter)); cout<<"Test:ctor "<<counter++<<":"<<this->name <<",address:"<<this<<endl; } Test() { name=""; cout<<"Test:ctor "<<counter++<<":anyone" <<",address:"<<this<<endl; } Test(const Test& t) { this->name=t.name+char('0'+(counter)); cout<<"Test:const cctor "<<counter++; if(this->name=="") cout<<":anyone"; else cout<<":"<<this->name; cout<<",address:"<<this<<endl; } ~Test() { cout<<"Test:dtor "<<--counter; if(this->name=="") cout<<":anyone"; else cout<<":"<<this->name; cout<<",address:"<<this<<endl; system("pause"); } string& getName() { cout<<"In const getName()"<<endl; return this->name; } };

这里面暂且不管其他代码.

如果getName()是下面的写法: string& getName() const { cout<<"In const getName()"<<endl; return this->name; } 

则成员this->name也会带上const 属性(应该const属性只存在这个函数中)

结果会在DEV-CPP中导致如下的编译问题:

 invalid initialization of reference of type 'std::string&' from expression of type 'const std::string'

意思就是说,返回getName的类型是string&而不是const string类型.不能将const string 类型的

this->name赋给string&类型的返回变量(个人感觉 所谓返回类型只是一个名字被隐藏的变量)