Re: how cast works?

On 10/08/2024 00:29, James Kuyper wrote:

Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
 

Also, what is exactly is the difference between 'explicit conversion'
and 'explicit cast'?

 None
 

It is possible that the C standards authors here were envisaging other types of explicit conversion in the future.   For example, C++ has multiple forms of explicit conversion, at least some of which could reasonably be copied into C (such as the functional notation explicit type conversions - "int(x)", meaning the same as the cast "(int) x").
You could argue that the C standards use the term "explicit conversion" to make it clear that there are no /implicit/ conversions involved.  It does not matter if the explicit conversion is done with a cast operator, or in some other way - even if C (currently) has no other way to achieve the effect.