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Why an Int32 variable can't be assigned to an Int64 variable or vice versa in Swift?

Time:05-20

I could not assign Int32 var/let to Int64 var/let or vice-versa in Swift. I get a compile time error when I attempt to do so. What is the reason behind this ?

CodePudding user response:

If you declare a variable as Int32, the memory allocated for that variable is 4bytes and for Int64 type variable the memory allocated is 8 bytes.

You can't put 64bytes data into 32 byte data as you can't put 2litres of water into 1 litre bottle.

In order to avoid such problems, swift has strict type checking feature and ensure such problems are not arise in run time.

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