1 .. title:: clang-tidy - misc-misplaced-const
6 This check diagnoses when a ``const`` qualifier is applied to a ``typedef``/
7 ``using`` to a pointer type rather than to the pointee, because such constructs
8 are often misleading to developers because the ``const`` applies to the pointer
9 rather than the pointee.
11 For instance, in the following code, the resulting type is ``int * const``
12 rather than ``const int *``:
17 void f(const int_ptr ptr) {
18 *ptr = 0; // potentially quite unexpectedly the int can be modified here
19 ptr = 0; // does not compile
22 The check does not diagnose when the underlying ``typedef``/``using`` type is a
23 pointer to a ``const`` type or a function pointer type. This is because the
24 ``const`` qualifier is less likely to be mistaken because it would be redundant
25 (or disallowed) on the underlying pointee type.