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Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> writes:

> but on balance omitting the cast is the best option. 

For you, probably.  In which case I heartily encourage you to continue
with the style that works for you. But it is a balance, and in such
issues of *style* people can hold the other view.  Which was, after all,
my original point.

> I don't see how leaving out the cast can hide bugs.

It can.