Why do we have reinterpret_cast in C++ when two chained static_cast can do its job?

Question

Say I want to cast A* to char* and vice-versa, we have two choices (I mean, many of us think we\'ve two choices, because both seems to wor

Answer 1

Look, people, you don't really need reinterpret_cast, static_cast, or even the other two C++ styles casts (dynamic* and const).

Using a C style cast is both shorter and allows you to do everything the four C++-style cast let you do.

anyType someVar = (anyOtherType)otherVar;

So why use the C++-style casts? Readability. Secondly: because the more restrictive casts allow more code safety.

*okay, you might need dynamic