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Type Conversions
Explicit type conversions ("cast"s) are to be avoided except in the
following cases:
- Conversion of a pointer to a base class to a pointer of a derived
class within a type-safe container class
- Conversion of an external data representation (bit-stream, packed
message, etc.) into an object. (Where possible use, RTTI and/or
previously defined I/O methods).
"cast"s for reasons other than those mentioned should be clearly
commented.
Avoid dependence on implicit type conversions - those that are
performed on function arguments by the compiler.
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