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martin@kcbbs.gen.nz (Martin Kealey) writes:

>"( type-name )" sure looks a lot like a cast to me ...

>The shift states in many parsers would see that as a cast leading into an
>expression, and then note that the thing following the ) is not valid for an
>expression, and reduce the sizeof.

I hope not. 

int i = 1;
char j;

j = (char) - i;
j = sizeof (char) - i;

If you were right, they would find that what follows the ) in the second
expression is valid for an expression and assign 1 instead of 0 to j.

>Is there any harm in refering to something that looks & acts like a cast,
>"a cast"?

No. But it doesn't act like a cast.

	hp
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