cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-cstyle-cast¶
This check flags all use of C-style casts that perform a static_cast
downcast, const_cast, or reinterpret_cast.
Use of these casts can violate type safety and cause the program to access a
variable that is actually of type X to be accessed as if it were of an unrelated
type Z. Note that a C-style (T)expression cast means to perform the first of
the following that is possible: a const_cast, a static_cast, a
static_cast followed by a const_cast, a reinterpret_cast, or a
reinterpret_cast followed by a const_cast. This rule bans
(T)expression only when used to perform an unsafe cast.
This rule is part of the “Type safety” profile of the C++ Core Guidelines, see https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines/blob/master/CppCoreGuidelines.md#Pro-type-cstylecast.