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C++ Guru
 Would you help me to understand the importance of using "static-cast"?

In the book, it states, "this cast construct is a better alternative than its 
c counterpart only becasue it is easier to locate a c++ cast construct in a 
source file"

So, does that mean the following is exactly the same?

float fnumber;
int   inumber;

fnumber=(float)inumber;
fnumber=<static_cast>inumber; /same as the first one??/
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