Const vs Non const method

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On Monday, 7 March 2016 at 18:17:18 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> On Monday, 7 March 2016 at 16:30:48 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>> Thanks to the wildcard modifier inout. Is there any possible 
>> way to do the same in C++?
>
> In this specific case you could do it with a macro if you don't 
> mind dirty macros, but you really should implement the const 
> version explicitly or use a free function that cover both cases 
> using templating.
>
> If you are looking for information on C++ you probably should 
> use stack overflow:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7792052/c-template-to-cover-const-and-non-const-method

Honestly speaking, I think this case is impossible to solve in 
C++. I'll show my fellow students the advantages of D over C++ in 
next couple of weeks, and this example is pretty good. :)