Re: typecasting preferences

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From: Rich Alloway
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 01:06

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On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Jes R. Klinke wrote:

> a := 10000; b := 10000;
> c := longint(a * b);     { Bad, overflow occurs before typecast }
> c := longint(a) * b;     { Good, typecast then multiply }
> 
> I don't know how you distinguish between these cases in C++ (I have
> never done any serious programming in C).
>         Jes R Klinke

How about:

c = (long)(a * b);
c = (long)a * b;

This form seems to work for me... :)

					Rich

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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:06:15 -0400
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