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  1. From: alice yang <aliceyang@worldnet.att.net>
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  3. X-Original-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:52:45 -0800
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  5. Date: 12 Mar 96 02:11:44 GMT
  6. Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
  7. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  8. Subject: static_cast
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  15.  
  16. C++ Guru
  17.  Would you help me to understand the importance of using "static-cast"?
  18.  
  19. In the book, it states, "this cast construct is a better alternative than its 
  20. c counterpart only becasue it is easier to locate a c++ cast construct in a 
  21. source file"
  22.  
  23. So, does that mean the following is exactly the same?
  24.  
  25. float fnumber;
  26. int   inumber;
  27.  
  28. fnumber=(float)inumber;
  29. fnumber=<static_cast>inumber; /same as the first one??/
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