I figure I'm strong in C, but this C++ sometimes leaves
me baffled.

I'm looking at a class definition with a method
declared twice. With the only difference, the word const.
Can you tell me why or whats going on and why I would do this?


class name:public other {
public:
        virtual bool isOpen() const;
        virtual bool isOpen (void);
protected:
        bool localOpen;
};

bool name::isOpen (void) const {
        return localOpen;
}

bool name::isOpen (void) {
        return localOpen;
}

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