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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: how cast works?
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:57:06 -0700
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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
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> It almost makes sense to speak of "implicit cast" (i.e. coercion) in C,
> because of what happens implicitly being so unsafe.

I disagree, because that's not what "cast" means.

Certainly unsafe implicit conversions are worth discussing, but let's
not misuse existing terms.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */