# ability to implicitly cast integer literal to &const Int · gitcafe/zig

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Author: Andrew Kelley

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

```
ability to implicitly cast integer literal to &const Int

where Int is an integer type

also introduce `@intToPtr` builtin for converting a usize
to a pointer. users now have to use this instead of `(&T)(int)`.

closes #311

```

## Parents

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