Const Struct&

struct Widget
{
    Widget():x(0), y(0), z(0){}

    int x, y, z;
};

struct WidgetHolder //Just a simple struct to hold four Widgets.
{
    WidgetHolder(Widget a, Widget b, Widget c, Widget d): A(a), B(b), C(c), D(d){}

    Widget& A;
    Widget& B;
    Widget& C;
    Widget& D;
};

class Test //This class uses four widgets internally, and must provide access to them externally.
{
    public:
        const WidgetHolder AccessWidgets() const
        {
            //This should return our four widgets, but I don't want anyone messing with them.
            return WidgetHolder(A, B, C, D);
        }

        WidgetHolder AccessWidgets()
        {
            //This should return our four widgets, I don't care if they get changed.
            return WidgetHolder(A, B, C, D);
        }

    private:
        Widget A, B, C, D;
};

int main()
{
    const Test unchangeable;

    unchangeable.AccessWidgets().A.x = 1; //Why does this compile, shouldn't the Widget& be const?
}

WidgetHolder(Widget a, Widget b, Widget c, Widget d): A(a), B(b), C(c), D(d){}

WidgetHolder(Widget &a, Widget &b, Widget &c, Widget &d): A(a), B(b), C(c), D(d){}

struct ConstWidgetHolder
{
    ConstWidgetHolder(const Widget &a, const Widget &b, const Widget &c, const Widget &d): A(a), B(b), C(c), D(d){}

    const Widget& A;
    const Widget& B;
    const Widget& C;
    const Widget& D;
};

class Test
{
public:
    ConstWidgetHolder AccessWidgets() const
    {
        return ConstWidgetHolder(A, B, C, D);
    }

class vector {
    iterator begin();
    const_iterator begin() const;

class vector {
    iterator begin();
    const_iterator begin() const;

#include <iostream>

class Widget
{
    int x;
public:
    Widget(int inX) : x(inX){}
    ~Widget() {
    std::cout << "widget " << static_cast< void*>(this) << " destroyed" << std::endl;
     }
};

struct WidgetHolder
{
    Widget& A;

public:
    WidgetHolder(Widget a): A(a) {}

    const Widget& a() const {
	std::cout << "widget " << static_cast< void*>(&A) << " used" << std::endl;
	return A;
}

};

int main(char** argv, int argc)
{
Widget test(7);
WidgetHolder  holder(test);
Widget const & test2 = holder.a();

return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>

class Test
{
public:
  Test(int v){m_v = v;}
 ~Test(){printf("Destruct value = %dn",m_v);}

 int& GetV(){printf ("None Const returning %dn",m_v); return m_v;  }

 const int& GetV() const { printf("Const returning %dn",m_v); return m_v;}
private:
  int m_v;
};

void main()
{
  // A none const object (or reference) calls the none const functions
  // in preference to the const
  Test one(10);
  int& x = one.GetV();
  // We can change the member variable via the reference
  x = 12;

  const Test two(20);
  // This will call the const version
  two.GetV();

  // So the below line will not compile
  // int& xx = two.GetV();

  // Where as this will compile
  const int& xx = two.GetV();

  // And then the below line will not compile
  // xx = 3;

}

#include <stdio.h>

class Test
{
public:
  Test(int v){m_v = v;}
 ~Test(){printf("Destruct value = %dn",m_v);}

 int& GetV(){printf ("None Const returning %dn",m_v); return m_v;  }

 const int& GetV() const { printf("Const returning %dn",m_v); return m_v;}
private:
  int m_v;
};

void main()
{
  // A none const object (or reference) calls the none const functions
  // in preference to the const
  Test one(10);
  int& x = one.GetV();
  // We can change the member variable via the reference
  x = 12;

  const Test two(20);
  // This will call the const version
  two.GetV();

  // So the below line will not compile
  // int& xx = two.GetV();

  // Where as this will compile
  const int& xx = two.GetV();

  // And then the below line will not compile
  // xx = 3;

}

#include <stdio.h>

class Test
{
public:
  Test(int v){m_v = v;}
 ~Test(){printf("Destruct value = %dn",m_v);}

 int& GetV(){printf ("None Const returning %dn",m_v); return m_v;  }

 const int& GetV() const { printf("Const returning %dn",m_v); return m_v;}
private:
  int m_v;
};

void main()
{
  // A none const object (or reference) calls the none const functions
  // in preference to the const
  Test one(10);
  int& x = one.GetV();
  // We can change the member variable via the reference
  x = 12;

  const Test two(20);
  // This will call the const version
  two.GetV();

  // So the below line will not compile
  // int& xx = two.GetV();

  // Where as this will compile
  const int& xx = two.GetV();

  // And then the below line will not compile
  // xx = 3;

}

class WidgetHolder {
...

Widget& GetA();
const Widget& GetA() const;
...
};

class Test {
...
WigetHolder& AccessWidgets() { return m_Widgets;}
const WidgetHolder&AcessWidgets() const { return m_Widgets;}

private:
  WidgetHolder m_Widgets;
...
};