A quick and probably stupid question: is it possible in C++ to have a constant reference? That is, a reference which is guaranteed to refer to the same object, but for which the variable referred to ...

"const" means the program can't change whatever is declared constant, and it's used thusly:<BR><BR><B>Examples:</B><BR><BR><B>---</B>Declare global/local variables as const to simplify coding, ...