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Casts a primitive scalar stream t1 to another primitive scalar type t2 tick-for-tick, following standard C++ conversion rules. Acts as a type bridge between mismatched primitive streams; both sides are drawn from Int32/Int64/UInt32/UInt64/Bool/Char/Float/Double.

How it fits

Typical backends

Integer counter cast to float before an arithmetic expression.

Float score cast to an integer index for stream selection.

Down-narrowing a double for compact serialisation.

Caveats

FallbackNarrowing, signed/unsigned, and float-to-integer casts can silently lose precision, wrap, or truncate toward zero; conversion follows static_cast semantics and never clamps, rounds-to-nearest, or signals an error on overflow.
Hard constraintBoth t1 and t2 must be one of the eight primitive scalar types; record, tuple, or named shape changes belong in pack/unpack chains, not here.
I/O contractOutput cadence matches input one-to-one with no buffering, batching, or rate change; one tick in produces exactly one converted tick out.

Versions

8a100228defaultlatestTransformation
10/12/2023