IMHO if there are use cases when the request has to be non-const it should be non-const, making it const will make things only more misleading ;-) It's good practise to limit const_cast<> only to places where one has to use legacy non-const-correct functions and to remove volatile modifiers. Michal -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/538#issuecomment-313034299 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1