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On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 07:11:19 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

>     3 Thou shalt cast all function arguments to the expected type if
>       they are not of that type already, even when thou art convinced
>       that this is unnecessary, lest they take cruel vengeance upon thee
>       when thou least expect it.

Corollary: thou shalt be sparing in thy use of const lest future 
generations curse thy name.