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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: how cast works?
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> Take:
>
>     int a; double x;
>
>     x = (double)a;
>
> The cast is implicit here but I've written it out to make it clear.

[...]

The *conversion* could be done implicitly, but you've used a cast (i.e.,
an explicit conversion) to make it clear.

There is no such thing as an "implicit cast" in C.

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