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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: how cast works?
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:46:03 -0700
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> I get that the standard mainly intends 'cast' to mean that bit of
> syntax, '(T)X', by which you can force a particular conversion.

No, the standard *exclusively* uses "cast" to mean that bit of syntax
(except in Annex H, but those incorrect uses of the word are corrected
in C23).  But of course you know that.

[...]

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