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Out of curiosity, does it call j and k read-only or write-once?
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by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Apr 18, 2011 at 18:24 UTC
    It's called a non-modifiable lvalue.

    Note also that C++ has a formal distinction between initialization and assignment. So something that cannot be assigned to at all can still be initialized or "bound".

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      "non-modifiable" does have a nice ring to it, thanks.
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