Talk:Computer Programming/Type conversion

Type conversion authors and history
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 * 2005-10-27 12:52:31 User:65.116.102.4
 * 2005-10-10 13:27:03 User:TuukkaH (details)
 * 2005-10-06 08:24:34 User:198.54.202.18 (→General)
 * 2005-10-06 08:22:45 User:198.54.202.18 (→General)
 * 2005-09-28 22:29:22 User:Orderud m (updated c++ link)
 * 2005-09-25 13:24:44 User:Krischik m (→in Ada - fix link)
 * 2005-09-25 13:18:32 User:Krischik m (→in Ada - change text and use Wikibooks Template)
 * 2005-09-25 13:15:47 User:Krischik (→in Ada)
 * 2005-09-25 04:02:42 User:82.232.3.83
 * 2005-09-20 14:37:51 User:Krischik m (→in Ada - link has changed)
 * 2005-09-20 04:43:59 User:CanisRufus m (dab exception)
 * 2005-08-26 09:34:38 User:Pearle m (Changing  to )
 * 2005-08-03 20:52:14 User:Goplat m (Stop! Hammer time.)
 * 2005-08-03 20:46:22 User:Goplat m (fmt, fix some broken c/c++)
 * 2005-07-20 00:56:56 User:213.78.238.205 (→Implicit type conversion)
 * 2005-07-01 06:33:59 User:R. S. Shaw m (cat comp-&gt;data types)
 * 2005-06-06 08:46:57 User:217.244.1.131 (de)
 * 2005-06-05 23:05:45 User:Aezram m ('convertion' -&gt; 'conversion';  -- Join and fix more!)
 * 2005-06-01 01:38:01 User:211.128.97.88 (→C++-style casting)
 * 2005-05-31 01:40:09 User:The Storm Surfer (→Implicit type conversion - not actually a complete program)
 * 2005-05-31 01:38:53 User:The Storm Surfer m (→Implicit type conversion - phrasing)
 * 2005-05-26 16:09:24 User:Jacob grace (add coercion, implicit/explicit things)
 * 2005-05-26 13:58:06 User:Jacob grace
 * 2005-04-16 05:02:48 User:Who ((update merge template))
 * 2005-03-23 15:01:16 User:Wlievens m (→C++-style casting -  link)
 * 2005-02-18 00:03:12 User:Netoholic m (use correct template)
 * 2005-01-28 14:49:09 User:Sam Hocevar m (spelling)
 * 2005-01-14 05:35:59 User:Scott Burley m (cleanup)
 * 2004-11-29 18:07:53 User:Krischik m (→in C/C++)
 * 2004-11-29 18:04:03 User:Krischik m (chapter on Ada)
 * 2004-11-29 14:30:11 User:Krischik m (→General - spelling)
 * 2004-11-29 14:26:15 User:Krischik (seperate genral info from c specific)
 * 2004-11-29 14:00:14 User:Krischik m (fix link to C+ book)
 * 2004-11-29 13:35:47 User:Krischik m
 * 2004-11-21 14:32:02 User:TakuyaMurata (type conversion merged)
 * 2004-11-20 22:14:51 User:Lowellian (type conversion is a more general and technical term that also has less potential for confusion with other meanings (such as &quot;casting&quot; in acting) that is the correct name for this article.)
 * 2004-10-31 13:11:09 User:Neilc
 * 2004-07-01 04:04:53 User:YahoKa (fix spacing, change &quot;int&quot; to &quot;type&quot; in examples to make them more generic and clear)
 * 2004-06-26 05:08:36 User:RedWolf m (→C++-style casting - dab Java)
 * 2004-06-24 14:53:35 User:217.215.111.114 (// More on C++ casting)
 * 2004-06-14 02:59:15 User:RedWolf m (fixed 2 typos)
 * 2004-04-16 08:50:10 User:Dysprosia m (casing in headers)
 * 2004-04-16 08:49:11 User:Dysprosia m (don't start with a header)
 * 2004-03-26 22:59:52 User:YahoKa

This article is off topic. Most of it is not "Type conversion" but "tutorial to C/C++ cast operation".

I did some to improve (see history) but I would ask the C/C++ advocates to consider two things:


 * 1) tutorials belong to wikibooks.
 * 2) that there are other programming languages where "Type conversion" has a more broader meaning.

and maybe improve the C/C++ chapter.


 * You are right in that the current article is not good at all. But we need to remember that C++ has quite complex type conversion system, compared with others. The problem is the shortcoming, which is not intentionally done by C/C++ advocates but is mere result of lack of contributions so far. If you think the article goes too deep, take a look at LR parser and the like.

-- Taku 04:27, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)


 * Did you read my Ada article? C++ is not the only language with a complex type conversion system. And of corse is should be described in wiki. The question I was trying to raise was "wikipedia vs wikibooks". How much of C/C++ cast need to be described in wikipedia "The Free Encyclopedia" and what should better moved to wikibooks "Think Free. Learn Free".

--Krischik 09:43, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * I support the idea of a merger between "typecasting" and "type conversion". I was searching for dynamic_cast<>. The first link I took brought me to "typecasting". However, I found the explanation on "type conversion".

--Kriti 05:24, 24 Aug 2005(UTC)


 * I am looking for a way to convert a string to integer when you know the string character is a number like 7.

--Mrja84 20:14, 11 Oct 2005(ESDT)


 * Of course, this depends on the language and primitives you want to use. But since you're asking, the answer could be . --TuukkaH 14:45, 12 October 2005 (UTC)