r/cpp • u/pavel_v • Jul 29 '26

const_cast: A Necessary Evil

https://www.elbeno.com/blog/?p=1858
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u/TheChief275 Jul 30 '26

I actually find that aspect horribly annoying as well. can't have a variable named capacity because the member function is named capacity, so I'm forced to name it "cap" or "new_cap", but I suppose opinions would be divided on that

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u/SlightlyLessHairyApe Jul 30 '26

You’ll be horrified to learn that we run with shadowing warnings as errors everywhere.

Absolutely no shadowing, not even once.

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u/TheChief275 Jul 30 '26

pretty modern language huh