[boost] Re: Re: static_cast and const

"Rob Stewart" <stewart@sig.com> wrote in message:

From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>:

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I was wrong. Sorry.

So was I, it seems. You can use static_cast to *add* const. Thanks Jonathan!

Having said that, why not use const_cast and avoid the confusion in the first place?

When I was writing it I initially typed 'const_cast', but then thought to myself: why use my big guns if I don't have to? ;-) Jonathan