| c++ Programming Glossary: impossibleIn C++, why use static_cast<int>(x) instead of (int)x? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/103512/in-c-why-use-static-castintx-instead-of-intx  mutable but it is . The first problem is that it's almost impossible to tell which one will occur in a C style cast without looking.. it can be very hard to see C style casts. It is virtually impossible to write an automated tool that needs to locate C style casts.. 
 C++ Accesses an Array out of bounds gives no error, why? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1239938/c-accesses-an-array-out-of-bounds-gives-no-error-why  a robust bounds checking mechanism would have been almost impossible in C. In C bounds checking is possible on class types. But an.. 
 Unnamed/anonymous namespaces vs. static functions http://stackoverflow.com/questions/154469/unnamed-anonymous-namespaces-vs-static-functions  since you can't specify the name of the namespace it's impossible to access anything within it from outside. But these unnamed.. 
 What is “cache-friendly” code? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16699247/what-is-cache-friendly-code  code contains unpredictable branches it is hard or impossible to prefetch data. This will indirectly lead to more cache misses... 
 Is it okay to inherit implementation from STL containers, rather than delegate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2034916/is-it-okay-to-inherit-implementation-from-stl-containers-rather-than-delegate  deque map string etc. don't have virtual dtors it's impossible to clean them up properly with only a pointer to those classes.. 
 Why can't C++ be parsed with a LR(1) parser? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/243383/why-cant-c-be-parsed-with-a-lr1-parser  Why is it so What particular property of C causes it to be impossible to parse with LR parsers Using google I only found that C can.. 
 C++ cast syntax styles http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32168/c-cast-syntax-styles  automated tool. Finding C style casts reliably is nearly impossible. As palm3D noted I find C style cast syntax too verbose. This.. 
 What is the copy-and-swap idiom? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3279543/what-is-the-copy-and-swap-idiom  std swap instead of providing our own but this would be impossible std swap uses the copy constructor and copy assignment operator.. 
 Advantages of using forward http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582001/advantages-of-using-forward  expression f a b ... c to be equivalent. In C 03 this is impossible. There are many attempts but they all fail in some regard. The.. handles everything correctly...at the cost of being impossible to maintain. You provide overloads of f with all combinations.. 
 What can I use to profile C++ code in Linux? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/375913/what-can-i-use-to-profile-c-code-in-linux  nearly certain and all the other possibilities are almost impossible 0.001 . In other words our prior certainty is that I is cheap... 
 What are Aggregates and PODs and how/why are they special? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4178175/what-are-aggregates-and-pods-and-how-why-are-they-special  than members the rest are value initialized. If it is impossible to value initialize one of the members which were not explicitly.. 
 Why are C character literals ints instead of chars? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/433895/why-are-c-character-literals-ints-instead-of-chars  the integral promotions. In K R C it was virtually impossible to use a character value without it being promoted to int first.. 
 Are global variables bad? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/484635/are-global-variables-bad  grows it will get harder to the point of being virtually impossible or at least a complete waste of time . If you don't rely on.. 
 WChars, Encodings, Standards and Portability http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6300804/wchars-encodings-standards-and-portability  them away. I think I have to conclude that it's completely impossible to build a portable Unicode capable application in C or C unless.. 
 Can a local variable's memory be accessed outside its scope? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6441218/can-a-local-variables-memory-be-accessed-outside-its-scope  local but the language is cleverly designed so that it is impossible to use it after the lifetime of the local ends. In order to.. 
 Are std::vector elements guaranteed to be contiguous? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/849168/are-stdvector-elements-guaranteed-to-be-contiguous  std vector requirements were such that it was virtually impossible to meet them if the elements were not contiguous. Can somebody.. 
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