From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 2 quick questions
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:18:57 -0700
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Bjorn Hansen wrote:

> 1]  what does the exit code tell you?

Whether or not the program exited successfully.  Zero indicates success,
and nonzero indicates failure.

> 2] why does the compiler have a warning message if you don't use a
> caste? when you do something like this

Because a warning message indicates you're doing something that's
probably wrong unless you really know what you're doing.  (The code you
posted, for instance, is Very Bad.)  Using an explicit cast is a way to
indicate to the compiler (and other people reading your code) that "Yes,
I know this is suspicious, but I really mean to do it."

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