of <code>x</code>.
</p>

<p>
There is no linguistic mechanism to convert between pointers and integers.
The package <a href="#Package_unsafe"><code>unsafe</code></a>
implements this functionality under restricted circumstances.
</p>

<h4>Conversions between numeric types</h4>

<p>
For the conversion of non-constant numeric values, the following rules apply:
</p>

<ol>
<li>