the "const" qualifier

[rpjday at ccu.umanitoba.ca]

In article <1990Aug1.005200.21645 at ccu.umanitoba.ca> I write:

>  Section 3.5.3, line 26, we have, "For two qualified types to be
>compatible, both shall have the identically qualified version of a 
>compatible type..."  Does "compatible" mean assignment compatible?
>That is, I am not allowed to do 
>
>	const int i = 10;
>	int j;
>	j = i;   ???
>
>even though this has no effectg on the value of j?

Of course, what I meant was "no effect on the value of i".  Sigh.