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@@ -305,14 +305,17 @@ to Graham for providing the OSE tools!
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</pre><p>
- <li>If a cast is necessary, avoid use of ANSI-style casts,
+ <li>If a cast is necessary, avoid use of function-style casts,
<em>e.g.</em>, <code>int (foo)</code>. Instead, use
- the ACE_static_cast macro:
+ one of the ACE cast macros:
<pre>
return ACE_static_cast(size_t, this-&gt;count_) &gt; that-&gt;size_;
</pre><p>
+ Not the with ANSI casts, reinterpret_cast can not be used
+ to cast away constness. That must be done with const_cast.<p>
+
<li>In general, if instances of a class should not be copied,
then a private copy constructor and assignment operator should
be declared for the class, but not implemented. For example: