Re: [sv-bc] implicit casts

From: Steven Sharp <sharp_at_.....>
Date: Thu Apr 03 2008 - 12:57:20 PDT
>From: Greg Jaxon <Greg.Jaxon@synopsys.com>

>I just wanted to re-record my strong objection to saying
>"a cast can be used by tools to perform stronger type checking".
>The fact of the matter is that casts are used by code authors,
>not by tools; what's more they have the effect of _suppressing_ type
>checking, not enhancing it.

I suspect that the intent was to say something more like

"The existence of casts may enable tools to perform stronger type checking,
by providing a mechanism for users to suppress that type checking when
desired."

Steven Sharp
sharp@cadence.com


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