Counterpoint… it’s a bit verbose when you need to cast for bitwise operations. uint32_t packed = ((uint32_t)x << 16) | ((uint32_t)y & 0

Counterpoint… it’s a bit verbose when you need to cast for bitwise operations. uint32_t packed = ((uint32_t)x << 16) | ((uint32_t)y & 0xffff); uint32_t packed = (static_cast<uint32_t>(x) << 16) | (static_cast<uint32_t>(y) & 0xffff); The verbosity of static_cast can get out of hand, and make it harder to read.