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diff --git a/docs/C++CASTING b/docs/C++CASTING index bae24a24c..e1beb8f06 100644 --- a/docs/C++CASTING +++ b/docs/C++CASTING @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The syntax is usually *_cast<type>(var). static_cast ----------- -From my expierence, this cast is closest to C-style casting for non-pointer +From my experience, this cast is closest to C-style casting for non-pointer types as well as between some (but not all) pointer types. This type of cast, like C-style casting, is performed at compile-time. static_cast can also do a downcast of a derived class to a base class, but only if the base class is @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Bad_cast exception. Note that in Anope we prefer if Anope::debug_cast is used. This uses dynamic_cast (and checks for a NULL pointer return) on debug builds -and static_cast on release builds, to speed up the program beacuse of dynamic_cast's +and static_cast on release builds, to speed up the program because of dynamic_cast's reliance on RTTI. reinterpret_cast |