exercise on reinterpret_cast - Page 2

#16

07-29-08, 12:06 AM

Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]

>> 2. Don't need to cast to void*
>>
>> void* p = iA;
>
> My book is suggesting to explicitly cast all changes of types (because
> apparently casting is a major source of bugs and to have them
> explicitly stated helps debugging)

That's very bad advice, because it interferes with static code analysis and
compiler warnings.

Use casts only when the default conversion rules don't work, and use the new
C++ named casts instead of C-style casts to be able to find casts with a
textual search of the code.

#17

07-29-08, 08:45 AM

Fil

"Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" wrote:

> > My book is suggesting to explicitly cast all changes of types (because
> > apparently casting is a major source of bugs and to have them
> > explicitly stated helps debugging)
>
> That's very bad advice, because it interferes with static code analysis and
> compiler warnings.
>
> Use casts only when the default conversion rules don't work, and use the new
> C++ named casts instead of C-style casts to be able to find casts with a
> textual search of the code.
>

Ok
Thank you

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