Remove the CONST_CAST hack

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/common/atomic.h b/common/atomic.h
index d25f3122..b25bd4dd 100644
--- a/common/atomic.h
+++ b/common/atomic.h
@@ -3,18 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <atomic>
 
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-/* This helps cast away the const-ness of a pointer without accidentally
- * changing the pointer type. This is necessary due to Clang's inability to use
- * atomic_load on a const _Atomic variable.
- */
-#define CONST_CAST(T, V) __extension__({                                      \
-    const T _tmp = (V);                                                       \
-    (T)_tmp;                                                                  \
-})
-#else
-#define CONST_CAST(T, V) ((T)(V))
-#endif
 
 #define almemory_order std::memory_order
 #define almemory_order_relaxed std::memory_order_relaxed