------- Additional Comments From kmk at ssl dot org 2005-02-27 22:03 ------- And furthermore, if it is so "useful" to be able to hide this behavior, why have this option at all? Why force programmers to undertake the two-step bomb-arming instead of just letting them do it in one step by casting away the const directly? What is the purpose of this option if you can evade it with "a little extra effort"?
-- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20229