Often you just need to pass a value around, but not interact with it, for that in C++ you have multiple options: template (and keep the type information intact), inheritance (and being force to use intrusive inheritance in your types), passing allocated `(const) void *` pointer (and managing its lifetime), alternatively use `std::unique_ptr` or `std::shared_ptr` with custom deleters, or use a polymorphism (since C++26 we also got `std::polymorphic`).