Why do some people prefer “T const&” over “const T&”?

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I think some people simply prefer to read the declarations from right to left. const applies to the left-hand token, except when there is nothing there and it applies on the right-hand token. Hence const T& involves the “except”-clause and can perhaps be thought more complicated (in reality both should be as easy to understand).

Compare:

const T* p;  (pointer to T that is const)
T const* p;  (pointer to const T) //<- arguable more natural to read
T* const p;  (const pointer to T)

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