Type casting difference

Question

Hi I would like to know what is the difference between these two forms of type casting:

float flt=2.33;
int x;
x=static_cast<int> flt;

and

  x=(int)flt;

Answer 1

The static_cast is a C++ style cast whereas the () cast inherits from C. Try to use static_cast over the C cast as it is more reliable in terms of providing compile time errors in your cast instead of just letting the compiler ignore fatal bugs.