If only there were a way to indicate the function argument isn't mutated. </s>
My spidey senses tingle whenever I see const-ness cast away because it almost always means something is wrong. Either a function is missing a qualifier on an argument, or something very unsafe is happening. Why force callers to cast away const-ness in hopes that everything will be fine when you can just write the correct function signature.
My spidey senses tingle whenever I see const-ness cast away because it almost always means something is wrong. Either a function is missing a qualifier on an argument, or something very unsafe is happening. Why force callers to cast away const-ness in hopes that everything will be fine when you can just write the correct function signature.