c++ passing by const reference

Question

In the following program body cosists of a vector of pointers. Points is a struct of x,y,z coordinates and a point_id. I believe as body is passed by const reference, the fo

Answer 1

This is one of best example which shows why data members should not be public.

here, body is constant hence its data members must not be changed, but in body.bp[0]->points point is being changed which is not the member of Body.Hence no const violation.