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diff --git a/doc/manual/stmts.txt b/doc/manual/stmts.txt index 1307ff917..8d958733d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/stmts.txt +++ b/doc/manual/stmts.txt @@ -607,6 +607,10 @@ type name replaces the procedure name. A type conversion is always safe in the sense that a failure to convert a type to another results in an exception (if it cannot be determined statically). +Ordinary procs are often preferred over type conversions in Nim: For instance, +``$`` is the ``toString`` operator by convention and ``toFloat`` and ``toInt`` +can be used to convert from floating point to integer or vice versa. + Type casts ---------- |