Re: typecasting preferences

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From: Max Waterman
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:10

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HASDI RODZMANN HASHIM 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;
> 

Prefer this one.

> a = (int)b; /* cast to int */

Never done this .. looks like a function .. misleading. Does it work in C?

> a = int(b); /* allowable in C++ */
> 

except in Pascal, of course.

> ...as for Pascal...
> a := integer(b); { "a" in an integer and "b" is a real }
> 
> Thanx!

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Subject: Re: typecasting preferences
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 10:10:47 +0100
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