Re: [cdt-dev] Meaning and purpose of IPointerType.isConst()?

[Nathan Ridge <zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It looks like it means 'int * const'.

Is there a reason to prefer this reprenstation for 'int * const' over an IQualifierType wrapping an IPointerType?

Thanks,
Nate

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> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:53:58 -0800 
> From: eclipse.sprigogin@xxxxxxxxx 
> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Meaning and purpose of IPointerType.isConst()? 
>  
> It would be nice to answer this question experimentally and to add  
> missing information to IPointerType JavaDoc. 
>  
> -sergey 
>  
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Nathan Ridge  
> <zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: 
> What is the meaning of IPointerType.isConst()? 
>  
> If I have an IPointerType with getType() = int and isConst() = true, do  
> I have a 'const int *' or a 'int * const' ? 
>  
> In either case, does IPointerType.isConst() not duplicate the  
> functionality of IQualifierType (as 'const int*' can be represented as  
> an IPointerType whose getType() is an IQualifierType whose isConst() is  
> true and whose getType() is int, and 'int * const' can be represneted  
> as an IQualifierType whose isConst() is true and whose getType() is an  
> IPointerType whose getType() is int)? 
>  
> Thanks, 
> Nate 
>  
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