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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-30 23:34:04


Miro Jurisic <macdev_at_[hidden]> writes:

> In article
> <CF5A888BE3E8BC41AE0B18ABE60C4D47028DF6AB_at_[hidden]>,
> "DY, JERRY U (SBCSI)" <jd2419_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> string s2 = lexical_cast<string>((int)c) // s2 = "65"
>
> I would have written int(c) instead of (int)c because compilers perform more
> useful checking on the constructor than they do on the cast, but that's all.

The two forms are equivalent.

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