Used in a Sentence

casts

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for casts.

Editorial note

Does that mean that the compiler is doing erasure for generics coming in from Objective C, inserting runtime casts where needed, but then doing full reification on swift code?

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of casts gathered in one view.

verb

To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

verb

To throw down or aside.

verb

To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for casts.

verb

To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

verb

To throw down or aside.

verb

To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).

verb

To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.

Example sentences

1

Does that mean that the compiler is doing erasure for generics coming in from Objective C, inserting runtime casts where needed, but then doing full reification on swift code?

2

Too bad the NRA sucks up the 2nd amendment discussion and casts it as only pertaining to guns.

3

The rest mostly came in after a week or so and asked to have the casts removed.

4

It's that implicit casts from void* are unnecessary in C++, addressing your complaint that it's annoying not to have them.

5

It can emit code without any runtime casts or any adjustment for the actual generic type.

6

The very language it's presented in casts doubts (at least in my mind) of its rigor.

7

C# allows you to do implicit casts when you do not lose information, e.g.

8

I have seen and lived in the world where casts from void* are common, and where making those casts implicit is a convenience (and that world is not the world of C++).

9

You should try to get a clean compile with -Wconversion, but also you should avoid adding casts all over the place (they hide potential problems).

10

You don't have to break 'em, just put them in casts.

11

It would seem this article casts doubt on Roche's accusations.

12

Haskell's type system (assuming you mean with GHC extensions because you called it advanced) only gives you an advantage in cases where other languages would have to resort to reflection or dynamic casts, i.e.

Quote examples

1

If we're talking about "undocumented legacy code doing crazy casts," static_assert is probably not an option.

2

I would argue the opposite is true, you should just have a 16bit float that casts really large values to infinity silently without throwing errors, with a logistic lookup that maps "inf" to +/- 1...

3

For a short-term fix, for example, I can very well imagine to prefer this "trick" forcing sub-4G allocations if the other alternative would be to change 1000 places in undocumented legacy code doing crazy casts...

4

When someone says, "You can't lose weight by eating mostly fat," and someone else says, "I lost X weight on a diet that was 60% fat," that casts strong doubt upon the validity of the hypothesis.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use casts in a sentence?

Does that mean that the compiler is doing erasure for generics coming in from Objective C, inserting runtime casts where needed, but then doing full reification on swift code?

What does casts mean?

To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

What part of speech is casts?

casts is commonly used as verb.