Re: [boost] Formal Review: Boost Cast Library

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-07 19:20:12

At 02:34 PM 12/7/2000 -0600, Ed Brey wrote:

 > ...
 >
 >Really, I suppose this is narrow-minded, though.  A cast can simply be
 >thought of as a type converter, and just because casts have followed a
 >more specific pattern in the past doesn't mean they have to.
 >
 >So, I think you are right, that we can take cast to mean type convert
 >in general.

I don't think it is a big thing, and can live with calling it a cast 
library, but...

 >  (Ironically "convert" happens to not show up among the 45
 >widely varied meanings of "cast" listed in my dictionary.)  :-)

Exactly.  "Conversion" is clearer than "cast" in terms of general English 
usage.

--Beman