Hi Ell,

Well, if the function arguments change (as in your 1st example), then they
are not the same.
In your second example, it could be implementation defined, so, I don't
know.

On Tue, 4 Mar 2025, 08:07 Tymi, <tymi.cpp_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Some functions have no side effects, and while they can be often
> optimised, the compiler is not aware of that.
> Consider this example:
> ```cpp
> template <std::arithmetic T> constexpr T(const T a, const T b) { return a
> + b; }
> ```
> That function could be declared as pure, or in other words, produces no
> side effects.
>
> I think this is a great way to optimise frequent calls, such as a pure
> function's result can be cached for the same arguments provided.
>
> Diagnostics: if a pure function has side effects, the compiler shall issue
> a warning and calling that function is undefined.
>
> pure member function shall be declared as const, otherwise, the program is
> ill-formed.
>
>