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int const & refToConst = i; // OK
int & const constRef = i; // Error the "const" is redundant

what is the difference between the two ..?

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The first is a reference to const int, the object being referenced is const. The second is a const reference to int, the reference itself is const. However, a const reference is nonsensical because references are permanently bound to a single object on definition. To have a const reference implies that you could rebind the reference to another object, which is not allowed.

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Such is also true to pointers. const char * constantData; char * const constantPointer; const char * const constantAll;

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