In WT-11272 the type member of struct __wt_update was made const. As C does not support for constructors and it is UB in the standard [C11 6.7.3] to change the value by casting away the const. While it is possible to work around the UB say be using memcpy as suggested by luke.pearson@mongodb.com, the question remains whether it the value of the idiom justifies the work. Practically speaking propagation of the idiom would likely cause constant warnings from Coverity and potentially other tools.

Parse warning

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/src/include/btmem.h:1289: PW.NO_CTOR_BUT_CONST_OR_REF_MEMBER 138259 class "__wt_update" defines no constructor to initialize the following:
/src/include/btmem.h:1289: PW.NO_CTOR_BUT_CONST_OR_REF_MEMBER 138259 const member "__wt_update::type"