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On 4/16/96 4:58AM, in message <4l020g$i9j@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>, HASDI 
RODZMANN HASHIM <hasdi@news-server.engin.umich.edu> wrote:

> Hi guys! I think my earlier post got lost so here it is again.... This is
> for a student compiler project of mine.... 
> 
> If you have a choice, do you want the parethesis pair over the caster
> (C-style) or over the castee (Pascal-style)? eg...
> 
> int a;
> float b;
> 
> a = (int)b; /* cast to int */
> a = int(b); /* allowable in C++ */
> 
> ...as for Pascal...
> a := integer(b); { "a" in an integer and "b" is a real }
> 
> Thanx!
> 
I believe you would want the parens over the type not the variable.  Your first 
example a = (int)b looks like the way I would do it anyway.  I am sure someone 
will correct me on this one.

-John Machin
machin@gnn.com