casting

C# converting int to Int64

we are in the process of upgrading our crappy cms system and the new assemblies have changed from int to int64. I'm running into a problem when trying to build now. I've tried casting but it doesnt seem to help. here is one excerpt of code that is causing a problem. IDictionary<int, string> aliases = new UrlAliasApi().GetUrlAlia...

C++ casting of templated class

Hello, I have a question about templates. I would like to have a templated class that contains, say, an array of either float's or double's. I can write a clone() function that duplicates it. No problem. However, I would like to have another function called cast() that does a translation back and forth between double and float. This ha...

nested conversion question (C#)

Hey, I am working on a school project and a line of code I just wrote kind of made me laugh and think to myself, "There must be a better way to do what I just did". So, my question is, is this really the best way to do this? It seems kind of silly. BTW, size is an int that is passed to this function. int tiles = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Sq...