the cast mess

[Christopher Wright]

grauzone wrote:
> The worst thing about the current cast(T) operator is that it easily 
> allows reinterpret cast. This is SO NOT SAFE! Especially with arrays, it 
> doesn't do something what the user expects. It's a hidden reinterpret 
> cast. This really should be changed.

I use this functionality in a few places. However, there are several 
other ways of doing it.