"Andreas Kochenburger" <akk at nospam.org> wrote in message news:eqo451$8p9$1 at digitalmars.com... >I find it extremely annoying to have to write 'cast' before every C-like >cast. The C-syntax is as clear as tap water, so why had this complication >been added? It's grepable (ie, you can search for "cast" to find the casts)