[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

weak typing
     
         strict enforcement of type rules but with
        well-defined exceptions or an explicit type-violation
        mechanism.
     
        weak typing is "friendlier" to the programmer than strong
        typing, but catches fewer errors at compile time.
     
        c and c++ are weakly typed, as they automatically coerce
        many types e.g. ints and floats.  e.g.
     
         int a = 5;
         float b = a;
     
        they also allow ignore typedefs for the purposes of type
        comparison; for example the following is allowed, which would
        probably be disallowed in a strongly typed language:
     
         typedef int date;    / type to represent a date /
         date a = 12345;
         int b = a;       / what does the coder intend? /
     
        c++ is stricter than c in its handling of enumerated types:
     
         enum animal cat=0,dog=2,ant=3;
         enum animal a = cat;  / nb the enum is optional in c++ /
         enum animal b = 1;    / this is a warning or error in c++ /
     
        2000-07-04
     
     
see also:
type strong typing c c++ coerce ints 
floats typedefs cat=0,dog=2,ant=3 

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