Const-incorrect default allocator functions

From:
"=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Kr=FCgler?=" <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com>
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Date:
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:49:37 CST
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Both 14882:2003 and the recent draft N2461 declare in
[lib.default.allocator] and [default.allocator], resp.
as well as [lib.allocator.members] and [allocator.members],
resp. the non-static member functions

void construct(pointer p, const T& val);
void destroy(pointer p);

and

void construct(pointer p, const T& val);
template<class... Args> void construct(pointer p, Args&&... args);
void destroy(pointer p);

resp. Comparing these declarations with the table
for Allocator requirements (32 and 40, resp.) and
with the specific member requirements of the
default std::allocator class I see no reasons why
these functions should not be const.

Are there existing implementations where this
change would break something?

Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel KrLgler

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