SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard

Declarations and Initialization (DCL) - DCL52-CPP. Never qualify a reference type with const or volatile
2.3.4 Risk Assessment
A const or volatile reference type may result in undefined behavior instead of a fatal
diagnostic, causing unexpected values to be stored and leading to possible data integrity
violations.
Rule Severity Likelihood Remediation Cost Priority Level
DCL52-CPP Low Unlikely Low P3 L3
2.3.5 Bibliography
[Dewhurst 2002]
[ISO/IEC 14882-2014]
Gotcha #5, “Misunderstanding References”
Subclause 8.3.2, “References”
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