title: What does const mean following a function/method signature?
body: <p>According to MSDN: "When following a member function's parameter list, the const keyword specifies that the function does not modify the object for which it is invoked."</p>
  
  <p>Could someone clarify this a bit? Does it mean that the function cannot modify any of the object's members?</p>
  
  <pre><code> bool AnalogClockPlugin::isInitialized() const
   {
       return initialized;
   }
  </code></pre>