Casts, especially array casts

[bearophile]

Rainer Deyke:

> Casts are yet another issue where moving from C++ to D feels like
> regressing to C.

Yet, currently D casts aren't like C ones, D casts performs dynamic casts of object references, etc.


> If you don't understand C++ casts, then you don't understand D casts.

C++ has 4+1 casts, they are a good amount of complexity, and it's not easy to learn their difference and purposes. So probably Jonathan is right when he says many C++ programmers don't use C++ casts well and probably tend to stick to one or two only. I think casts of C++ are too much complex, as most things in C++ :-)
That's why I have suggested only two casts for D, that differ a lot in purposes, and where most times you can use just one of them (the one with the simpler and shorter name) and be happy.

Bye,
bearophile