Python and Haxe have a function-like cast like that, but the argument order differs between the languages. I prefer D's approach because it doesn't have this op

Python and Haxe have a function-like cast like that, but the argument order differs between the languages. I prefer D's approach because it doesn't have this opportunity for confusion. The prefix operator only has one place for the type to go. https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.cast https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.cast typing.cast(typ, val) https://haxe.org/manual/expression-cast.html https://haxe.org/manual/expression-cast.html cast expr; // unsafe cast cast (expr, Type); // safe cast