Actually this works, so...yeah why don't they just do this?

sfml-const/fix2.cpp

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ void Shape::draw(RenderTarget& target) const {
   cout << "shape draw\n";
 }
 
-void Shape::render_to(RenderTarget &target) {
-  cout << "shape render_to instead\n";
+void Shape::draw(RenderTarget &target) {
+  cout << "shape non-const instead\n";
 }
 
 int main() {
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ int main() {
 
   target.draw(shape);
 
-  shape.render_to(target);
+  shape.draw(target);
   return 0;
 }

sfml-const/fix2.hpp

@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@ class Drawable {
      * NOTE: This requires const because RenderTarget
      * pass itself in as a *this which is always const.
      * If you need to draw without const then invert it
-     * then use shape.render_to(target) instead.
+     * then use shape.draw(target) instead, which is
+     * not const.
      */
     virtual void draw(RenderTarget& target) const = 0;
 
-    virtual void render_to(RenderTarget& target) = 0;
+    virtual void draw(RenderTarget& target) = 0;
 };
 
 class Shape : public Drawable {
   public:
   void draw(RenderTarget& target) const override;
-  void render_to(RenderTarget &target) override;
+  void draw(RenderTarget& target) override;
 };