Int to UInt (and vice versa) bit casting in Swift

Question

I am looking for a direct way to bit cast the bit values of an Int to UInt and vice versa. For example (using the 8 bits integers for simplicity) I want to achieve the follo

Answer 1

numericCast(...) is what you're looking for. It's a set of generic functions that converts from and to different number types. It picks the correct implementation based on the types of its argument and the return type.