doc: added definition of trivial casts to spec

(cf @ignored Expr.Be and #1215 for intended use)
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Stefan Plantikow 2011-12-02 02:15:49 +01:00 committed by Graydon Hoare
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@ -2954,9 +2954,8 @@ analogous to a @code{become} expression in Newsqueak or Alef.} destroys the
current function activation frame and replaces it with an activation frame for
the called function. In other words, @code{be} executes a tail-call. The
syntactic form of a @code{be} expression is therefore limited to @emph{tail
position}: its argument must be a @emph{call expression}, and it must be the
last expression in a block.
position}: its argument must be a @emph{call expression} or a @{trivial cast}
of a @emph{call expression}, and it must be the last expression in a block.
An example of a @code{be} expression:
@example
fn print_loop(n: int) @{
@ -2971,6 +2970,7 @@ fn print_loop(n: int) @{
The above example executes in constant space, replacing each frame with a new
copy of itself.
@end ignore
@ -3001,6 +3001,7 @@ execution and destroying the iterator frame.
@cindex As expression
@cindex Cast
@cindex Typecast
@cindex Trivial cast
Executing an @code{as} expression casts the value on the left-hand side to the
type on the right-hand side.
@ -3018,6 +3019,10 @@ fn avg(v: [float]) -> float @{
@}
@end example
A cast is a @emph{trivial cast} iff the type of the casted expression and the
target type are identical after replacing all occurences of @code{int},
@code{uint}, @code{float} with their machine type equivalents of the
target architecture in both types.
@node Ref.Expr.Fail
@subsection Ref.Expr.Fail