> > Because the target variable is an (int). > > If I were writing the code, I would leave the cast out. By assigning > the value to an int variable, you get the same effect anyway, so the > cast is redundant. And if you ever change the variable to a long, now > you have to remember to delete the cast too. So I don't see any > upside to having the cast. > > But it's just a minor style issue...
I agree 100% with Roland on this one. There's a reason that compilers don't complain about this particular cast. Casting from integer type to integer type just isn't a big deal in my book. Of course,I generally try to avoid casts at all costs, since they tend to cover real issues (see all the evil casts of long* to int* that have screwed us continually with 64 bit big endian machines. But I don't care enough to argue the point :). Brian
