C variable retyping

From: Groups User (googlegroups_001_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: 27 Aug 2004 10:19:57 -0700

C allows type casting in which a variable is converted from one type
to another.

Does C (whatever standard) allow the type of a variable to change,
within a statement, avoiding the conversion? And if so, provide an
example of how its done.

Example:
int a=23;
int b=34;
char c='a';
int * p_int=(int *) &c;

// type casting
// c is converted into type integer, then b is added.
(int) c + b;

//retypeing
(type int) c + b;
// similar action
*p_int + b

Ignoring alignment issues, storage size issues, etc., c is retyped to
an integer, no conversion is done, and c is used, within the
statement, as an integer, not a char.

Thanks

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