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MyMethod()const ..question

suppose I have two classes with a const method in the
derived class:
class A
{
 int m_nX;
};
class B : public A
{
 int m_nY;
 int GetValue() const
 { return m_nY; }
};
in this case everthing is allright.
the question: is it legal/proper to do something like
class B : public A
{
 int m_nY;
 int GetValue() const
 {
  m_nX = 4;
  return m_nY;
 }
};
concerning the const method "GetValue()" ???
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Note that on compilers that support it, the m_nX member could be declared mutable.  mutable members may be changed from const functions.  However, indiscriminate use of "mutable" discouraged

Note also that m_nX is a private member of the base class.  Thus the error you will get is that m_nX is undefined, not that it is constant.  If it were made public or protected, then you would get the error that it is constant.