The cast(signed), cast(unsigned) feature proposal

[Jesse Phillips]

On Friday, 7 June 2013 at 21:34:00 UTC, Mrzlga wrote:
> A reason for cast(signed) is to discourage the user from 
> writing:
>
>     cast(int) x;
>
> Because we can't grep for the word "signed",
> We have to search for "cast( )" only!
>
>     cast(int) x    // hides the intention, hard to search for!
>
> Yet we can easily grep for:
>
>     cast(signed)

Not convenient, but:

     cast(Signed!(typeof(x))