4 ms·Pointer arithmetic would surely make all value mutable. Or even simple array access.by innocenat 6y agoPointer arithmetic would surely make all value mutable. Or even simple array access.makapuf 6y agoIf you point to writable memory (Not all programs reside in ram.)teddyh 6y agoYes, but the compiler should know if there is any pointer arithmetic present in the code, and whether any such pointer arithmetic could, possibly, result in a pointer pointing to the const data.