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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-17 10:10:19


Neal Becker <ndbecker2_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> "Neal D. Becker" <nbecker_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> This handy little item, lvalue_cast, would make a useful addition to
>>> boost. I didn't write it, and I don't recall who did.
>>
>> The problem with that is that casting away the const on a const rvalue
>> is sometimes unsafe. See the original move semantics proposal for
>> details.
>>
>
> Not sure what you're saying here. I agree it can sometimes be unsafe.
> That's why you shouldn't use it - except when you really want to. Isn't
> that consistent with the move semantics proposal?

No. Nothing in the move semantics proposal suggests that the
constness of a const rvalue should be removed. It only changes const
rvalues into const lvalues.

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Dave Abrahams
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