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Eric Lippert's comments in this question have left me thoroughly confused. What is the difference between casting and conversion in C#?
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In type casting, a data type is converted into another data type by a programmer using casting operator. Whereas in type conversion, a data type is converted into another data type by a compiler. 2. Type casting can be applied to compatible data types as well as incompatible data types.
Casting means taking a variable of one type and turning it to another type. There are obviously some combinations which can be cast, and some which cannot. Parsing means reading text and deciding what the different parts of it mean.
Converting one primitive datatype into another is known as type casting (type conversion) in Java. You can cast the primitive datatypes in two ways namely, Widening and, Narrowing. Widening − Converting a lower datatype to a higher datatype is known as widening.
There are two types of conversion: implicit and explicit. The term for implicit type conversion is coercion. Explicit type conversion in some specific way is known as casting.
Casting is a way of telling the compiler "Object X is really Type Y, go ahead and treat it as such."
Conversion is saying "I know Object X isn't Type Y, but there exists a way of creating a new Object from X of Type Y, go ahead and do it."
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