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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: how cast works?
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 17:32:54 -0700
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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:

> On 2024-08-09, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>
>>> 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.
>
> "cast" means to (try to) project a value into another type.

In programming, "cast" means to force a value to be expressed
in a particular type, regardless of whether the output type
differs from the input type.