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From: Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
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Subject: Re: how cast works?
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 14:08:14 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-08-08, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> wrote or quoted:
>>I don't know what happens when you're changing datatype lengths, but if
>>they're the same length, it's just telling the compiler what the
>>variable should be treated as (e.g. [8-bit] int to char)
>
>   Casting doesn't tweak a value right where it sits, so you don't
>   have to stress about resizing memory. (It hands you an rvalue,
>   not an lvalue.) 

Yeah, I have to admit I've been driving myself mad trying to learn
AVR-Assembly lately, so ... types don't exist :|

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