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  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)
       
       

  weak typing
     n.
     (lb en computing programming) A system that does not place any
  restriction on the interactions between objects of different data
  types.

  weak typing
     n.
     (lb en computing programming) A system that does not place any
  restriction on the interactions between objects of different data
  types.

  weak typing
     n.
     (lb en computing programming) A system that does not place any
  restriction on the interactions between objects of different data
  types.

  weak typing
     n.
     (lb en computing programming) A system that does not place any
  restriction on the interactions between objects of different data
  types.