implicit promotion

From	Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	implicit promotion
Date	2011-05-30 01:44 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<irusp0$6pi$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)

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I feel like an idiot asking this, but why does this need a cast


float tot = (float)sum/(float)(tally->size());


Ruben

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implicit promotion Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-30 01:44 +0000
  Re: implicit promotion red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2011-05-29 20:35 -0700
    Re: implicit promotion ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-30 00:01 -0400
      Re: implicit promotion Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 16:08 +1200
        Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 01:18 -0500
          Re: implicit promotion Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-05-30 11:45 +0000
            Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 05:49 -0700
              Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 08:58 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:01 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:07 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:07 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:13 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:27 -1000
            Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 10:17 -0500
              Re: implicit promotion Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-05-30 18:20 +0000
                Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 14:06 -0500
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:23 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:29 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-31 01:24 +0000
                Re: implicit promotion Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 13:30 +1200
                Re: implicit promotion ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-31 00:52 -0400
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 17:36 -1000
              Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 11:39 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:02 -1000

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