Re: typecasting preferences

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From: Lawrence Kirby
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 23:58

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In article <4l020g$i9j@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>
           hasdi@news-server.engin.umich.edu "HASDI RODZMANN HASHIM" writes:

>Hi guys! I think my earlier post got lost so here it is again.... This is
>for a student compiler project of mine.... 

This is entirely down to what your compiler actually compiles (other
than students!). If it is C use C cases, if it is Pascal use Pascal
conversions. If it is something else use whatever fits the type system
of the language. Pascal conversions wouldn't work at all well with complex
C type declarations and may not even produce an unambiguous grammar.

>If you have a choice, do you want the parethesis pair over the caster
>(C-style) or over the castee (Pascal-style)? eg...

I would use whatever is appropriate for the rest of the language.

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